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Aleppo, once home to over 2 million people, risks being emptied on the "Grozny model" (Photo: gov.uk)

Analysis

Russia's Syria tactics imperil EU-Turkey migrant plan

Events in Syria raise doubts as to whether the EU-Turkey migrant plan is still relevant. They show the need for solidarity, but there’s little of that and few options on how to stop Turkey's “nightmare”.

The bomb blast in Ankara on Wednesday (17 February), which prompted Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu to cancel his EU summit trip, underlined that national security is a bigger priority for Turkey than the refugee crisis.

For Turkish police, it bore the hallmarks of Kurdish...

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