‘Iran becoming more & more isolated’: Erdogan believes he has ‘more say in Arab world’ than Khamenei

Turkey will never ease up in the fight against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists in Syria, despite its operations against Kurdish fighters seen as key to containing the extremists, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. For in-depth analysis on an emboldened Erdogan since the fall of Assad, FRANCE 24’s François Picard welcomes Michael Pregent, Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute specialising in National Security and Defense, Terrorism, and Defense Strategy.