The possible Syrian recapture of Idlib would also mean that areas under control of the Turkish-backed rebels in the northern countryside of Aleppo would be the next. Such areas are important to Turkey to ensure no expanding influence for the Syrian Kurds in northern Syria near the Turkish border...
And there are reports of Turkish-backed Syrian rebel fighters being recruited last month to assist Azerbaijan. Turkey and Azerbaijan have both denied the reports or that Turkey is interfering militarily in the conflict. Both countries also dismissed the Armenian allegation that Turkey had shot down ...
and thus the problem of insecurity about influence in the Balkans between Austria Hungary was exacerbated. The goals of Austria Hungary were to ensure that the loss of Turkish control in the Balkans didn’t result in any strong Balkan nations that could generate nationalist agitation in its own ...
Gor Mahia newly-signed Turkish coach Hassan Oktay was over the moon for his dramatic victory in his first assignment. But the coach also applauded Bullets for a grand performance. In Lilongwe, Silver bowed out of the Confederation Cup almost in similar fashion. ...
The German’s also had an established railhead to transport mass supplies and troops into at the Austrian controlled City of Tolmein, which was one of the objectives of the Italian Army for the region. The Central Powers was scheduled the attack that would become known as the Battle of Cap...
Win Without War suggests targeting the “Turkish, Iraqi, and other oil dealers who are purchasing the oil on theblack market“—a sensible course of action—but Turkish authority (let alone US) does not extend far along its 750 mile border with Syria and Iraq where smuggling of all sorts ...
American engineers speaking of the cleanliness of the Czecho-Slovak army, said that they lived like Spartans.The whole story is a remarkable evidence of the struggle of these little people for self-government.The emergence of the Czecho-Slovak nation has been one of the most remarkable and ...
and support troops. The Corps was strong enough to defeat equal numbers and defend against superior forces until reinforced. Napoleon kept some formations under his control including; the Army Artillery Reserve, the Army Cavalry Reserve, and the Imperial Guard. Each Corps could march on its own ...
Smyrna, İzmir in Turkish, is now the principal city of the area, as Ephesus had been through most of Late Antiquity (the site of the Third Ecumenical Council) and the early Middle Ages. By the Middle Ages, the Greeks were no longer calling themselves Héllēnes. They were Ῥωμα...
Turkish analyst Metin Gurcan has noted ISIS’ “fluid and decentralized command and control structure; novel hybrid military tactics blending conventional warfare with terrorist tactics, [and] effective use of armored platforms in offensive operations.” It has recently used those tactics in central Sy...