This interview with Crisis Group’s Project Director for Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria and Senior Middle East and North Africa Adviser, Peter Harling, is translated and republished here with permission from Le Point.
Turkey hosts hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees, who fled brutal fighting at home. Turkey Analyst Didem Akyel Collinsworth and Senior Syria Analyst Noah Bonsey travelled to the Turkey-Syria border region to investigate the hardships that refugees face and the Turkish government response.
Continuous refugee flows from Syria are stretching Turkey’s capacities and necessitate long-term adjustments as well as stronger international engagement to better share the burden.
To avoid another failed effort at federal reunification in the new round of Cyprus negotiations, all sides should break old taboos and discuss all possible options, including independence for Turkish Cypriots within the European Union.
Hear about International Crisis Group's new report Divided Cyprus: Coming to Terms On an Imperfect Reality from Hugh Pope, Deputy Program Director, Europe & Central Asia. To avoid another failed effort at federal reunification in the new round of Cyprus negotiations, all sides should break old taboos and discuss all possible options, including independence for Turkish Cypriots within the European Union.
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