by Charles Cameron | Nov 4, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — Oak Ridge, Albi, Bushehr, a Sinan mosque, clouds formation, the Karmapas ] . Cheryl Rofer very kindly suggested a DoubleQuote to me today, comparing and contrasting the Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility, Oak Ridge: and the...
by Charles Cameron | Oct 15, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — in which 359 turns out to be just a degree closer to zero than 358 is ] . ** For those Zenpundit readers no more fluent in Turkish than I am, Acting Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu‘s interview above was reported by Today’s...
by Charles Cameron | Aug 25, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — methinks there’s a disproportion here ] . ** From Hurriyet, yesterday: After recently slamming the warped theology of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Turkey’s top religious body may have another formidable enemy: The...
by Julia Maloof | Aug 12, 2015 | Monitor
Today, the world’s largest recipient of refugees is Turkey, with over 1.5 million. The war in Syria has led to an estimated 9 million people fleeing the country. But Turkey’s borders are not only subject to the pressures of immigration. Hundreds of foreign fighters...
by Cecilia Li | Aug 11, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Islamic State attacks Syrian rebels near Turkish border Tom Perry / Reuters Islamic State has launched a new offensive against Syrian rebels north of Aleppo, gaining ground near the Turkish-Syrian border in an area where Turkey and the United States...
