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Attack on Al-Bab The Turkish announcement came after an attack on Al-Bab last weekend reported by Reuters: “The Turkish Defence Ministry said on Saturday...
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The region is under control of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) according to the Turkish newspaper Sabah. The YPG are regarded as a...
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The US had earlier promised that it would take back weapons that it supplied to the YPG after Turkey expressed alarm over arming Kurds...
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The Turks worry that the Kurds will establish an independent or autonomous Kurdish area on the northern border of Syria with Turkey. This may...
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There haS been nearly continuous fire across the Syria Turkey south-east border ever since Turkey had attacked Kurdish targets in both Syria and Iraq...
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Wikipedia, describes the YPG as follows: The People’s Protection Units (Kurdish: Yekîneyên Parastina Gel, یەکینەکانی پاراستنی گەل pronounced [jɑkinæjen pɑrɑstinɑ gæl]; YPG) is the...
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Turkish president, Recep Erdogan, said that Turkey could join the U.S.-led operation but only if Kurdish fighters were not involved. Turkey considers the Kurdish...
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As Turkish troops ostensibly hunting Islamic State (IS) group fighters shelled a US-backed Kurdish militia inside Syria, analysts warned that Ankara’s alliance with the...
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The United States itself targets other groups than the Islamic State. It considers the Al Qaeda-linked Al Nusra Front a terrorist group to be...
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The U.S.-led military campaign against that group has predominantly consisted of air attacks on the group aimed at “degrading” it with the Iraqi Army...