{"id":28731,"date":"2024-12-19T12:51:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T12:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/19\/the-balance-of-power-is-shifting-in-the-middle-east-and-it-is-turkeys-full-moon-on-the-rise-hassan-hassan\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T12:51:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T12:51:12","slug":"the-balance-of-power-is-shifting-in-the-middle-east-and-it-is-turkeys-full-moon-on-the-rise-hassan-hassan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/19\/the-balance-of-power-is-shifting-in-the-middle-east-and-it-is-turkeys-full-moon-on-the-rise-hassan-hassan\/","title":{"rendered":"The balance of power is shifting in the Middle East \u2013 and it is Turkey\u2019s \u2018full moon\u2019 on the rise | Hassan Hassan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ankara\u2019s support of Syria\u2019s rebels was a strategic triumph that confirms it is replacing Iran as the regional powerhouse<\/p>\n<p>The fall of the Assad regime in Syria marks the end of Iran\u2019s long-feared \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2007\/jan\/26\/worlddispatch.ianblack\">Shia crescent<\/a>\u201d and the rise of Turkey\u2019s \u201cfull moon\u201d, reshaping the geopolitical landscape from the Horn of Africa to the Levant and Afghanistan. Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan\u2019s backing of the Syrian rebels has elevated Ankara to the status of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/dec\/08\/syria-fall-of-damascus-sidelines-russia-and-brings-turkey-to-the-fore\">regional powerhouse<\/a>, one whose influence now encircles all the major players in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey played a pivotal role in the rebels\u2019 surprising triumph. The operation unfolded with an extraordinary lack of the kind of violent destruction that has characterised Syrian campaigns over the past 13 years. Turkey provided intelligence, guidance and political cover.<\/p>\n<p>Hassan Hassan is the founder and editor-in-chief of New Lines magazine<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2024\/dec\/19\/balance-of-power-middle-east-turkey-ankara-syria-rebels-iran\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ankara\u2019s support of Syria\u2019s rebels was a strategic triumph that confirms it is replacing Iran as the regional powerhouse The fall of the Assad regime in Syria marks the end of Iran\u2019s long-feared \u201cShia crescent\u201d and the rise of Turkey\u2019s \u201cfull moon\u201d, reshaping the geopolitical landscape from the Horn of Africa to the Levant and &#8230; <a title=\"The balance of power is shifting in the Middle East \u2013 and it is Turkey\u2019s \u2018full moon\u2019 on the rise | Hassan Hassan\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/19\/the-balance-of-power-is-shifting-in-the-middle-east-and-it-is-turkeys-full-moon-on-the-rise-hassan-hassan\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The balance of power is shifting in the Middle East \u2013 and it is Turkey\u2019s \u2018full moon\u2019 on the rise | Hassan Hassan\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}