US 'lost Middle East mediating role' with embassy move, says Erdogan
17 May 2018
As featured in The National
Turkey and the US
"Erdogan already led the criticism of the embassy move," said Jonathan Eyal, RUSI international director. "It has become for him a badge of honour to bait and criticise the Americans at every stage ... At the same time, he seems to offer no workable alternatives. I fail to see what is his workable alternative to the Iranian involvement in Syria, or their meddling in other parts of the Middle East."
