It is part of a much wider struggle that represents Turkey’s attempt to revive influence not seen since the end of the First World War. The recent tensions in the Middle East, the unresolved questions from Lebanon to Iraq, Libya, Turkey and Gaza, are all part of this.LET US begin where Turkey now ends its recent ambitions – in Libya. Rhodes also was held by Italy, then by Germany during World War II, and finally became part of Greece in 1947. It is sometimes forgotten that a brief independent Kurdish state called the Republic of Mahabad had arisen in 1946 after World War II. Political Islam is not winning.What has happened is that the historically powerful periphery states, Turkey and Iran , have risen to grab influence throughout the Middle East.

Source: Libya Today January 01, 2020 18:00 UTC