Trump ends covert CIA program to arm anti-Assad rebels in Syria
The shuttering of the program an acknowledgment of Washington’s limited leverage & desire to remove Assad from power
Turkey’s Post-Coup purge and Erdogan’s Private Army
The Turkish president has brutally cleansed ranks & is building a new army with some strange bedfellows
Turkey agrees to pay Russia $2.5B for S-400 missile systems
Turkey's purchase of the Russian missile system is a clear sign of the country's disappointment with the West
