Turkey-US: strained relations

View photosThough Turkey and the US are NATO allies, they often have conflicting goals in the Middle East, and with Ankara now cozying up to Moscow and Tehran, their relationship with Washington may become more strained (AFP Photo/ARIS MESSINIS)
MoreIstanbul (AFP) – From the 2003 US invasion of Iraq to Washington’s latest decision to arm Kurdish groups in Syria, relations between Turkey and the US have been tested repeatedly.
The two NATO allies often have conflicting goals in the Mi