Sourced : The Washington Post By David Ignatius Talking with Gen. Joseph Votel, the commander of American troops in the Middle East, is a paradoxical reminder of the limits of U.S. military power to determine political outcomes. American bombs helped destroy the Islamic State in Syria, but they can’t stitch the rag doll of the… Continue reading THE U.S ALLIANCE WITH TURKEY JUST LUNGED TOWARD THE BREAKING POINT
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AS U.S LOOKS TO REIN IN TURKISH OFFENSIVE, MANBIJ IS KEY
Sourced : Reuters By Arshad Mohammed, Idrees Ali The key U.S. question about Turkey’s offensive in northwestern Syria is whether Ankara pushes on from Afrin to Manbij, where U.S. forces and their allies against the Islamic State militant group are on the ground, U.S. officials said on Monday. Turkey shelled targets in northwest Syria on… Continue reading AS U.S LOOKS TO REIN IN TURKISH OFFENSIVE, MANBIJ IS KEY
ANKARA MIGHT BE AWAITING RUSSIAN APPROVAL FOR AFRIN OPERATION
Sourced : Al Monitor By Metin Gurcan In daily hard-line statements this week, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been reiterating Turkey’s determination to launch a cross-border operation against Syria’s Afrin canton, which is controlled by the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG). His Jan. 13 statement was particularly blunt: “Don’t ever doubt it. One night we… Continue reading ANKARA MIGHT BE AWAITING RUSSIAN APPROVAL FOR AFRIN OPERATION
OPERATION EUPHRATES SHIELD : A POSTMORTEM
Sourced : Al Monitor By Cengiz Candar A day before the long-awaited March 30 visit of new US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to Ankara, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim dramatically announced that Operation Euphrates Shield, Turkey’s military intervention in northern Syria, had “successfully” come to a close. A precursory postmortem of the vaunted military… Continue reading OPERATION EUPHRATES SHIELD : A POSTMORTEM
SYRIAN KURDS SAY RUSSIA TO BUILD MILITARY BASE IN AFRIN
Sourced: Al Jazeera Russia is setting up a military base in northwestern Syria in agreement with the Syrian-Kurdish YPG armed group that controls the area and will train fighters, a YPG spokesman said on Monday. The agreement with Russia was concluded on Sunday and Russian troops have already arrived at the village of Kafr Jina,… Continue reading SYRIAN KURDS SAY RUSSIA TO BUILD MILITARY BASE IN AFRIN