Why the US decision to withdraw troops from northern Syria is so dangerous.
Turkey’s priorities in Syria just don’t match the US’s – and its increasingly authoritarian domestic politics don’t help.
The Islamic State is the prime suspect for the bombing in the Turkish capital that killed nearly 100 people on Saturday, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says.
Alongside its Islamic State offensive, Turkey has also reportedly launched a crackdown on positions of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) who are now claiming the attacks bring about the end of a two-year ceasefire between the government and the Kurds.
Turkey has tightened security and closed some border crossings with Syria after around 130,000 Kurdish refugees entered the country over the past 48 hours.