Sourced : FT By David Gardner Turkey’s attack on the Kurdish enclave of Afrin in north-western Syria is at one level an assault by a NATO member on a prized US ally. The Syrian Kurdish militia the People’s Protection Forces (YPG) spearheaded the fight back against Isis and its cross-border caliphate from 2014. It is… Continue reading TURKEY’S ACTION IN SYRIA THREATENS FRAGILE ALLIANCE
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TURKEY LAUNCHES “OLIVE BRANCH OPERATION” AGAINST “PKK THREAT IN SYRIA”
Sourced : Hurriyet Daily News The Turkish military has launched a crossborder land operation into the Syrian province of Afrin to fight the Syrian Kurdish militia the People’s Protection Units (YPG), a group Ankara has deemed a “terror group” for its links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The operation, which has been dubbed… Continue reading TURKEY LAUNCHES “OLIVE BRANCH OPERATION” AGAINST “PKK THREAT IN SYRIA”