"What is Turkey’s military strategy in Syria?" Topic
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| Tango01 | 29 Sep 2016 3:37 p.m. PST |
"Flying back from New York, where he addressed the UN General Assembly's annual meeting, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters on his plane that Turkey would participate in a US-led operation against the Islamic State (IS) stronghold of Raqqa, provided Syrian Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) are not involved in it.
His remarks revealed once again that stopping advances in Syria by the YPG — whose fighters form the bulk of the US-supported Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) — remains Ankara's main priority.
Erdogan nevertheless continues to row against the current with regard to the YPG and its mother organization, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), both of which Ankara says are terrorist groups linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party…"
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 Legion 4   | 29 Sep 2016 3:45 p.m. PST |
Good question … besides killing Kurds … |
| peterx | 29 Sep 2016 4:28 p.m. PST |
Yup, that is Turkey's main goal, to kill the most effective fighting force in Syria, the Kurdish military. Erdogan is scared of an effective well armed and well trained Kurdish army on his south border. |
| Tango01 | 30 Sep 2016 10:50 a.m. PST |
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| Rod I Robertson | 30 Sep 2016 2:50 p.m. PST |
To protect Turkish interests and sovereignty as he and his party sees them.
It really is not that hard to grasp. Cheers.
Rod Robertson. |
| Legion 4 | 01 Oct 2016 3:58 p.m. PST |
Yeah … like I said … killing Kurds … |
| Charlie 12 | 01 Oct 2016 5:34 p.m. PST |
<SIGH> Just one more piece of the puzzle that is the ME… |
 piper909 | 01 Oct 2016 11:09 p.m. PST |
Smack down the Kurds and reassert a legacy of Ottoman dominance? |
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