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Week in Review

Week in Review

Eki 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 — Suriye’nin Haseke kentinde, elinde silahıyla bir tankın yanında duran Halk Savunma Birlikleri’ne mensup bir Kürt savaşçı, 22 Ağustos 2016 — REUTERS/Rodi Said

Erdoğan’dan Halep için yardım önerisi

Türk savaş uçakları 20 Ekim’de Suriye’deki Halk Savunma Birlikleri’ni (YPG) hedef alan ağır bir hava taarruzu gerçekleştirdi. Operasyonun amacı, Suriyeli Kürtlerden oluşan bu örgütün kuzeybatı Suriye’deki stratejik El Bab kasabasını ele geçirmesini engellemekti.

Smoke rises from a bomb attack south of Mosul, during an operation to attack Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, October 20, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani - RTX2PQIP

How Ankara plans to repeat Syria success in Iraq

Metin Gurcan

Metin Gurcan

SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 19: (TURKEY OUT) A fighter jet flies above the Syrian town of Kobani on October 19, 2014 in Sanliurfa, Turkey. Kurdish fighters in Syrian city of Kobani have pushed back Islamic State militants in a number of locations as U.S. air strikes on ISIS positions continue in and around the city. In the past month more than 200,000 people from Kobani have fled into Turkey. (Photo by Gokhan Sahin/Getty Images)

What Turkish raid on Syrian Kurds means for Ankara-Washington ties

Amberin Zaman

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan with his wife Emine arrives at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington March 29, 2016 for the Nuclear Security Summit. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RTSCR2H

Ankara’s policies in Iraq, Syria perplex US

Cengiz Candar

Cengiz Candar

REFILE - ADDITIONAL CAPTION INFORMATIONIraqi army gather after the liberation of a village from Islamic State militants, south of Mosul, during an operation to attack Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, October 21, 2016, as toxic smoke is seen over the area after Islamic State militants set fire to a sulphur factory. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudan TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX2PXNT

Turkey’s misguided policies now haunt it at Mosul

Fehim Tastekin

Fehim Tastekin

In Paris, reporting on Turkish politics