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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 examines the role of Gaziantep, Turkey in the efforts in Syria against the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS or ISIL). Topics discussed include foreign relations between Turkey and Syria in the 21st century, air strikes made on the city of Kobani, Syria, and U.S. foreign policy towards Syria under the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama.

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.