Afrin: How the Fight in Northern Syria is Testing US-Turkey Ties
Turkey’s incursion against the Syrian Kurdish militant group the People’s Protection Units, or YPG, has opened a new phase in the seven-year conflict. To Ankara, the YPG are terrorists; for the United States, able partners in the fight against IS. The dispute could expand the risk of confrontation between two NATO allies.
Turkey’s incursion against the Syrian Kurdish militant group the People’s Protection Units, or YPG, has opened a new phase in the seven-year conflict. To Ankara, the YPG are terrorists; for the United States, able partners in the fight against IS. The dispute could expand the risk of confrontation between two NATO allies.
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