Simon Tisdall, The Guardian: US deal with Turkey over Isis may go beyond simple use of an airbase
Ankara’s understanding with Washington may do more than allow the US to use Incirlik from next month
In what may prove a turning point in the fight against Islamic State (Isis), Turkey has struck a military and security cooperation pact with the US that could greatly enhance the effectiveness of coalition air strikes. But what US officials describe as a game-changing deal also comes with a potentially high price tag: the escalating spillover of the Syria-Iraq conflict into neighbouring Middle East countries.
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- July 24, 2015
Why Turkey Has Finally Declared War on ISIS -- Rebecca Collard, Time
No-Go for Syrian No-Fly Zones, Says State -- Michael Weiss, Daily Beast
How to think about Islamic State -- Pankaj Mishra, The Guardian
The whining of the militants -- John Lloyd, Reuters
How Terror Attacks Weaken Islamic State -- Noah Feldman, Bloomberg
Come the F*ck On: al Qaeda Is Not Our Ally! -- Robin Simcox, Daily Beast
From Chaos and Counterrevolution: After the Arab Spring (Libya extract) -- Richard Falk, Middle East Monitor
The U.S. Needs a Two-Track Strategy on Iran -- William A. Galston, WSJ
Libya: Inside Sabha the heart of Libya's smuggling and human trafficking network -- Callum Paton, IBTimes
Can Europe Still Save Macedonia? -- Kaj Leers, The Compass
Murder, Poisoning, Raids: It’s Election Season in Russia -- Henry MeyerIrina ReznikEvgenia Pismennaya, Bloomberg
Obama in Africa: Will his trip be more about symbolism or substance? -- Howard LaFranchi, CSM
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