GMFUS Report on Turkey, Syrian Opposition, and the U.S.
By: Şaban Kardaş A report titled “Turkey, Syrian Opposition, and the United States: An Unlikely Trio?” was recently published by the German Marshall Fund. Written by associate professor Saban Kardas of TOBB University, the report discusses Turkish-U.S. cooperation in Syria, the Doha agreement and the problems behind supporting new leadership in Syria. Kardas argues that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s remarks criticizing the SNC in October 2012 was a catalyst for the Doha agreement. Her statement that the opposition needed a new leadership structure w…