Contrary to claims that withdrawing American special forces from Northern Syria will ISIS to resurrect, for instance, the arrangement with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shifts responsibility for the few remaining ISIS fighters onto Turkey.. ..…
The decision was a win-win, as the communist terrorist PKK/YPG Kurds in northern Syria were dealt a military defeat by Turkey, and the ISIS terrorist leader was sent to hell, as a result of U.S. military might and canine expertise. . ... They formed an 'International Freedom Battalion,' a..…
Trump responding to the comparisons made between Kurdish and ISIS amid the campaign of Turkish state against Kurdish people.. At the end of First World War, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Syria, where our movement began.. ..…
ISIS may also target Westerners Turkey order to punish members of anti- ISIS coalition and undermine Turkish economy, objective to seize Constantinople. ... ISIS-linked attacks and arrests Europe are distinct from ISIS's Turkey, which reflects..…
The US air coalition attacked Syrian Arab Army in the midst of battle against ISIS near Deir Ezzor. Meanwhile Turkey, most Kurds want to have their rights within Turkey have formed political party. ..…
By shelling prison holding militants of more than, Kurdish authorities have accused Turkey of a clear attempt to help ISIS prisoners escape60 nationalities. SDF has already warned the community that Turkey cannot be trusted to detain ISIS fighters. ..…
America can now be portrayed as diminishing its determination to eradicate ISIS, as siding with Turkey against our own genuine allies and as being vulnerable to forms of blackmail that Islamic State specialises in. ..…
As the invasion unfolded, Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on CNN Türk that Turkey would now “make a deal with ISIS.” . Turkey’s invasion of Syria may be, for the United States, a strategic error. ..…
“We defeated 100% of the ISIS Caliphate and no longer have any troops in the area under attack by Turkey, in Syria. ... Some lawmakers were more explicit: “By the time sanctions are imposed on Turkey many of our key allies in the fight against ISIS will have been..…
Just days move that seemed guaranteed to permit Turkish military to make move against Kurdish rebels that have worked alongside United States in the fight against ISIS, Turkey appears to have begun that offensive. BEIRUT, Lebanon — Turkey launched ground and air assault on..…
Trump’s team maintains that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s insistence on attacking the Syrian Kurdish fighters — whom he fears will ally with a Kurdish militant group to carve an independent state out of the Syria-Turkey border region — leaves him responsible to prevent the..…
Additionally, Turkey “will now be responsible for all ISIS fighters in the area captured over the past two years,” Grisham said. . ... “The president has made it very clear that the U.S. position is if Turkey does undertake an operation across the border, then it will become..…
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan claims his army would create a 30-km (19-mile) wide zone inside Syria to fight the remnants of ISIS jihadists. ... The YPG Kurdish fighters have been battling the jihadists for years in the area, and they have lost a total of 11,000 fighters in the war against..…
It was unclear how extensive Turkish operation would be, or whether Turkish forces would clash with American-backed Kurds, development that could jeopardize many of the counterterrorism gains achieved by American military in the fight against ISIS.. Erdogan's Empire Turkey and Politics..…
The territory, along Turkey’s southern border, is bounded by the Euphrates and Iraq. . ... ‘When those dams were controlled by ISIS, Turkey allowed a greater flow,’ said Ziad Rustem, an official at the Energy Commission in Jazira. ..…
Turkey will now be responsible for all ISIS fighters in the area captured over the past two years in the wake of the defeat of the territorial. ... President Trump is calling-out NATO, EU 'allies and Turkey.. Down the road. instead of those ISIS prisoners being held..…
On Monday, Trump tweeted, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey ... ISIS fighters and families. U.S has done far more including the capture of 100% of ISIS..…
Yet some administration officials would deny Damascus its oil and other resources in attempt to pressure Assad from power, Iranian forces from Syria, thwart Russian objectives, protect Kurds from Turkey, and stop ISIS revival. ... U.S does not need to permanently occupy another nation..…
Yet some administration officials would deny Damascus its oil and other resources in attempt to pressure Assad from power, Iranian forces from Syria, thwart Russian objectives, protect Kurds from Turkey, and stop ISIS revival. ... U.S does not need to permanently occupy another nation..…
Both Iran and Russia have been key allies in helping the Syrian government to defeat Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS). NATO-member Turkey also has a keen interest in Syria. In 2016, Turkish-backed Syrian militias seized two border crossings and now control a strip of Syrian land as deep as..…
According to Kurdish-language Hawar News, ISIS fighters have Turkey, able to move cross-border into Syria and Iraq, adding . ..…
Russia, of course, was against both Al Qaeda-led jihadists and against ISIS jihadists ( Turkey was against Kurds, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. ..…
Then both nations issued statements speaking of incursion into northeast Syria, ment spoke of Turkey assuming the duty of guarding captured ISIS militants.. ... NATO Secretary-General wrote, I count on Turkey to act with restraint & ensure that the gains we have made in the..…
Russia, of course, was against both Al Qaeda-led jihadists and against ISIS jihadists ( Turkey was against Kurds, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. ..…
Using dozens of sources, the study established that Turkey was providing weapons, ammunition, financing, transportation, training, and recruits to ISIS Syria and Iraq and to other terrorist groups such as al-Nusra, al-Qaeda offshoot.. Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and UAE were..…
Turkey reported killing 23 guerrillas belonging to Kurdistan Workers Party in airstrikes over Qandil Mountains.. ISIS Grave Yields 34 Bodies Six Killed Iraq October 29th, 2018. Attack on Police Leaves Multiple Casualties Five Killed Iraq October 28th, 2018. ..…
Half of ISIS is Turkish army. We saw that when Turkey moved into Syria. ... There are no signs of there having been any combat at all by Turkey against ISIS - not a single airstrike by Turkey against ISIS; not a photo; nothing. . ..…
I think the advance militarily on the ground and the air attacks by Russian air force weakening the capacity of ISIS to carry on offensive. ... And I think Turkey will have to turn its attentions to al- Nusra, Saudi Arabia and Turkish government. ..…
With the removal of American forces and with Kurds under existential attack from Turkey, ISIS no longer needs to American military might or even Kurdish courage and resolve... ..…
YPG, helped liberate Kobane, town with Turkey Tal Abyad, ISIS and Raqqa, Syria, the capital of ISIS.. ..…
Turkish forces entered Syria August, ostensibly to combat ISIS and also, officials Ankara have acknowledged, to prevent Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units from setting up enclave on Syrian with Turkey. ISIS, remember, Iraq largely reaction to the leadership of former Prime..…
Russian government apparently also thought that which was said to implicate Washington, Turkey was going to cease supporting ISIS and cooperate with Russia... Washington has taken advantage of Russia's urging that Washington and Turkey join in the attack on ISIS by..…
Most European heads of state know that Turkey has encouraged the mass flow of Muslim migrants into Europe and has neglected to monitor fighters from ISIS and its affiliates using its territory as pathway to Europe and Russia... Washington, has shielded Turkey from criticism at..…
In October 2014, she was sent to the border between Turkey and Syria to report on the conflict between Iraqi Kurdish forces and ISIS as Islamist militants attempted to capture Syrian town.. ..…
Turkey called NATO meeting Tuesday, supported Turkey's right to defend from both ISIS and PKK. . ..…
The Barzani has promised to lend Iraqi troops should it be necessary to keep ISIS from expanding.. Turkey's towards Kurdish independence fueled by PKK's history of Turkey is such that reports have surfaced of Erdogan plotting invasion of Syria not to curb ISIS expansion,..…
ISIS's military efforts to take over the rural areas in Aleppo province, near the border with Turkey, continue. An ISIS-affiliated website posted video of interview with ISIS, in the company of three armed men, on the outskirts of Umm Hosh, town located about 23 north of Aleppo. ..…
But Turkey this week launched attacks, not on ISIS, except on PKK, in the country's southeast for the in two years — after outpost was attacked.. The strike underscored the reason that analysts say U.S is having time enlisting Turkey to go after ISIS.. ..…