Yesterday at the castle in Kahramanmaraş, Emine and I ran into a crew interviewing locals for a German radio station. They were gathering local opinions on the deployment of German troops to support Patriot missiles that will be placed in Maraş and aimed at Syria....
“The secret of the region’s new strength lies in its ancient links with Syria and Iraq. Antep is on the old silk road that leads to Aleppo.” –from The Economist Here’s the rest of the article…...