Amid global outcry and Kurdish deal with Damascus, Erdogan must now recalculate

For a moment, it looked as the Syrian conflict was finally producing clear winners and losers. But now another front has opened up – and the return of one of the conflict’s most violent players is in the offing

But the scale of his betrayal is terrifying

Trump Agrees to Let Turkey Invade Kurdish-Controlled Syrian Area

Fear of Isis and al-Qaeda has previously persuaded Iraqis to park their reservations about the government. But now people are no longer frightened for their families, there can be no ignoring the mass corruption and lack of basic services

The attack on Saudi Arabia reinforces a trend in warfare in which inexpensive easily acquired weapons come out on top

Many on the left and centre of politics who today lament the rise of right-wing nationalist, populist leaders opened the door to them by dismissing nationalism

Johnson, Erdogan and Trump are alike in specialising in aggressive patriotism, defence of an endangered national independence, and nostalgia for past glories

Ireland does not relish a confrontation with the UK, but it has little choice but to demand that the EU stick to its commitments

Turning Britain into a ‘Singapore on Thames’ used to sound impractical. But in the context of a permanent hostile relationship between Britain and the EU, it is now far more feasible