Turkey plans to occupy northeast Syria with $27 billion program
Ankara’s plans ignore existing land owners and seek to turn area into one of the wealthiest areas of Syria, potentially causing instability.
A Turkish flag, with the New and the Suleymaniye mosques in the background, flies on a passenger ferry in Istanbul, Turkey, April 11, 2019.(photo credit: MURAD SEZER/REUTERS)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
