Fears are rising in Syria’s Kurdish-controlled northeast over a potential military incursion by Turkey. Turkey launched airstrikes on Syria’s majority-Kurdish region on Saturday night in apparent retaliation for a bombing that struck a crowded market in Istanbul last week. Syrian Kurdish officials reported strikes in the areas of Kobani, Derik, …

As the dust settles from airstrikes on Kurdish militants in Syria and Iraq, Turkey is threatening a wider operation in the region. For months Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised to “come suddenly in the night” for Kurdish militants on Turkey’s southern border. On Saturday night, scores of F-16 …

The cost-benefit analysis of US support for Ukraine is incontrovertible. It’s producing wins at almost every level. Former President Trump, and others in the US including some Democrats as well as Republicans, have criticized continued US support for Ukraine in its war with Russia. They have called for military and …