Turkey wants a 32-kilometer buffer zone along its southern border with Syria to push back the Kurds
YPG
The Turkish forces attacked YPG units as they claim they were first fired upon first
Ankara’s aim is to crush Kurdish separatism but Russia wants Assad to reassert control
"Bolton has made a serious mistake and whoever thinks like this has also made a mistake"
But Pompeo said the United States still had “real concerns” with Erdogan, including on detentions of US citizens
Erdogan promises to finish America's fight against the Islamic State, but it's the Kurds that he's out to destroy
Kurdish YPG urged earlier today Damascus to take control over Manbij amid Turkish threat
Turkey has long insisted that the jihadis have been vanquished & that they are being used as a pretext for the US-led coalition to protect the Syrian Kurds
Erdogan held a joint press conference with the Iranian President in which he announced that Ankara is siding with Tehran against Washington...
Turkey is vehemently opposed to a Kurdish entity on its border fearing it will strengthen the separatist ambitions of the Kurdish minority inside the country
