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Did Putin give green light to Turkish attack on US-backed Syrian Kurds?

Kurds again in crosshairs as Turkey weighs options in Mosul.

Week in Review
Week in Review
Oct 23, 2016
A Kurdish fighter from the People's Protection Units (YPG) carries his weapon as he stands past a tank in the Ghwairan neighborhood of Hasaka, Syria, August 22, 2016. REUTERS/Rodi Said - RTX2MKNR
A Kurdish fighter from the People's Protection Units carries his weapon as he stands near a tank in the Ghwairan neighborhood of Hasakah, Syria, Aug. 22, 2016. — REUTERS/Rodi Said

Erdogan offers to help eject Jabhat Fatah al-Sham from Aleppo

Turkish jets launched a massive assault on People’s Protection Units (YPG) forces in northern Syria on Oct. 20 to prevent the Syrian Kurdish group from taking the strategic town of al-Bab in northwestern Syria.

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