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Istanbul, Turkey, Syria
By 10/30/2018

Turkey Threatens New Syria Operation as US Shunned at Summit

Over the past few days, NATO heavyweight Turkey has once again bombed the Syrian Kurdish forces who have been key to the effort to defeat the Islamic State, just as the jihadists launched a desperate counterattack in Syria, killing up to 70 pro-American forces. Turkey has long been accused of directly or indirectly propping up […]

Flags, Russia, Syria, Turkey, NATO, YPG
By 02/25/2018

Western Alliances Threatened by Chaos in Syria

It is increasingly difficult to understand who is allied to whom in the brutal civil war that has devastated Syria for almost seven years.   The danger of accidental big-power conflict, which has rarely been greater in the past three decades, is compounded by threats to the existence of NATO and even the UN. In […]

Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
By 01/21/2018

Erdogan Moves Against Syria’s Kurds

Following several days of intense artillery bombardment and air strikes, the Turkish army launched a ground invasion of the Syrian Kurdish canton of Afrin on Monday.   WhoWhatWhy reported on the likelihood of such an operation last August. Many experts are now saying what we wrote months ago: that the Turkish operation tests American resolve […]

Kurdish YPG fighters
By 10/26/2017

Erdogan Says Turkish Operation in Syria to Target Kurds

A day after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to attack Kurdish forces in Syria, social media were abuzz with reports of an impending Turkish operation against these troops, who have been the main US ally on the ground against the Islamic State.   https://twitter.com/metesohtaoglu/status/923178493269237760   The enclave of Afrin and the Kurdish-held city of […]