Explore Turkey’s shifting Syria strategy after Assad’s fall—balancing proxies, Kurdish dynamics, and regional influence in a rapidly changing landscape.

As the Syrian regime collapses, Turkey faces new challenges in balancing alliances with NATO, Russia, and Iran.

Erdogan, who has known both leaders for years, has invested heavily in Somalia since 2011. Turkey has established a military base in the country, trained thousands of Somali soldiers, managed Mogadishu’s airport and port, and provided extensive humanitarian and military aid.

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was heading to Ankara, Turkey, to attend the third round of talks aimed at defusing tensions with Ethiopia, the state news agency reported on Tuesday, in a row that threatens to destabilise the region.

Ties between Ethiopia and Somalia have worsened since Ethiopia struck a deal with the breakaway region of Somaliland on January 1 to use its Red Sea port of Berbera