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The article informs on White House meeting between President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. It mentions that Trump created some theater by inviting five Republican senators who take a much tougher view on Turkey to press Erdogan about the recent Turkish invasion of northern Syria and attacks on Kurdish forces allied with the U.S. in the fight against the Islamic State.

The article focuses on the question of whose side is Turkey on considering its response to the threat from the Islamist terrorist group Islamic State (IS). Topics discussed include the IS's attack on the the town of Kobane, Syria, the assumptions that Turkish leaders preferred IS as their neighbours than the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), and the transformation of Turkey's foreign policy which is the root cause of the tangle the faces in Iraq and Syria.

The article focuses on the decision of some Christians and Christian aid groups to remain in Syria despite the offensive launched by Turkey against the Kurdish militias that Turkey had branded as terrorists. Topics covered include implications of the decision of U.S. President Donald Trump to withdraw U.S. forces supporting the Kurds, how the Kurds have protected religious minorities like Christians and Yazidi in Syria and effect of Trump's action on ISIS operations in Syria.

The author criticizes U.S. President Donald Trump for his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria leaving the Kurds vulnerable to an invasion by Turkey. Topics covered include impact on the partnership of the U.S. with Syrian Kurdish fighters, role of the Syrian Democratic Forces in the fight against ISIS extremism in Syria, effect on the trustworthiness of the U.S. and the attack launched by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan against the Kurds.

The article looks at the civil war in Syria and the prospects of the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. It reports that both the Assad government and the anti-Assad Islamic State (IS) militant group have experienced military defeats and have lost control of previously-held territories in the country. Topics include Saudi Arabia and Turkey increasing their support for anti-government Sunni rebel groups, Iran's support for Assad, and wins by anti-government Kurdish militias.

The article looks at Turkey's foreign relations with the U.S. in the context of the international effort to defeat the Islamic State (IS) militant group operating in Iraq and Syria and of Turkey's ongoing conflict with its Kurdish minority. Topics include Turkey's agreement for the use of the North American Treaty Organization (NATO) airbase in Incirlik, Turkey, for anti-IS attacks, Turkey's air attacks against Kurdish Worker's Party (PKK) forces in Iraq, and the Kurdish militia in Syria.

The article looks at military conditions in northern Iraq and Syria, focusing on the advances being made by the jihadi group Islamic State (IS), the Kurdish military effort against IS, and the U.S.-led campaign of air strikes. Topics include U.S.-Kurdish military cooperation and the implications of Turkey's opposition to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) with which Syrian Kurds fighting against IS are allied.