![Border patrol officers pull barbed wires as irregular immigrants coming from Central and South America who have gathered in the town of Ciudad Juarez on the Mexican border continue to wait at the US border on March 20, 2024, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (Photo by Christian Torres/Anadolu via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2025-01/GettyImages-2092456479.jpg?h=b0d169d7&itok=24WdaEF5)
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Border patrol officers pull barbed wires as immigrants wait at the United States border on March 20, 2024, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (Christian Torres/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Foreign Policy Analyst
Ömer Özkizilcik is an Ankara-based analyst of Turkish foreign policy, counterterrorism, and military affairs. A leading expert on the Syrian civil war, Özkizilcik has written extensively both on the non-state armed groups and on the state actors involved in the conflict.