The Middle East Trade Deadline: Turkey, The Kurds, and Signs of a New Balance of Power?
The Story As Major League Baseball reachedĀ its annual deadline for trading players last week, exchanges with much more far-reaching consequences were taking place in the Greater Middle East. On July 23, the United States signed an agreement with Turkey, Syria’s northern neighbour, to use the Turkish air base of IncirlikĀ to launch air strikes against Islamic…