F–35 Case: Not the First Time, Won’t be the Last
For Turkey, the PYD/YPG is a terrorist organization and the Syrian arm of the PKK – which the country has been fighting against for almost 40 years both within and outside its borders.
Turkey’s Offensive in Iraq: The Target is Qandil
Afrin was the first place where the PKK/PYD was cleaned off, the PKK leader Ocalan’s posters were taken down from Afrin city, and school textbooks with references to Ocalan are no longer being taught to school kids in Afrin.
The YPG’s Child Recruits: An Accustomed Human Rights Abuse?
he outlawed PKK’s Syrian offshoot Democratic Union Party (PYD) has been forcibly recruiting children similar to the PKK, which has been systematically using children in armed conflicts since 1994.
Erdogan’s New Way in Turkish Foreign Policy
These include the PYD-PKK issue between Ankara and Washington, S-400s, Turkey-EU relations, Syria, the PKK in Syria, and so on.
Is the Turkey-US Agreement Still Valid in Manbij?
There are three components of the French approach towards northern Syria vis-à-vis the PYD-YPG presence.
The PKK’s Exploitation of Women: Assumptions vs. Realities
Although listed as a terror group by many Western states and Western-based institutions such as NATO and the European Union,…
What Does the Snap Election Mean for Turkish Foreign Policy?
The increasing willingness of France to become a new player especially in eastern Syria in order to recalibrate France’s strategic interests in consolidating the PYD-YPG presence is perceived as a potential rival in addition to the U.
To Hit or Not to Hit Assad, Is That the Matter?
-backed PYD offensives in Syria.
Pentagon dismisses Trump’s “rumours” of an exit from Syria
financial and military aid towards the PYD/YPG in northern Syria has caused much friction between Turkish-American relations.
Ankara Summit: Discussing Divergent Scenarios in Syria
While Turkey desires a future Syria with no piece of it under the PYD’s control, it wants Turkey-backed actors, such as the National Army (formerly the Free Syrian Army), to have its fair share of power in the new status quo to be built.
Astana Round 2 – Erdogan, Putin, Rouhani commit to Syrian territorial integrity
While the three presidents unanimously agreed on terrorism being the main concern for Syria, President Erdogan stressed the need to counter the YPG/PYD threat it faces along the Syria-Turkey border.
Surprise visit by President Erdogan is welcomed by a joyous and relieved Hatay
The operation in Afrin, beginning in January of this year and ending last month, has been hailed by people in Turkey and those in the northwestern regions of Syria as not only a success against the PKK/PYD tyranny, but also on the fact that it has become one of the numbered peaceful places within the calamitous ongoing Syrian Civil War.
Turkey in the Aftermath of the Afrin Operation
” On the other side of the Atlantic, French President Macron met with a delegation of the Syrian Democratic Forces (the late brand of the PYD) and declared his support for the organization.
Who Decides Whether Islam Belongs to Germany or Not?
” These attacks took place right after PYD/PKK terrorist sympathizers threatened to carry out more violence against Turkish mosques and associations in Germany over the Internet.
Strategic Exit in Afrin, but Whose Strategy?
Some analysts insist that the PKK/PYD did not lose the city but it was just a case of strategic exit only to strike back harder.
Germany’s Muslims urge solidarity after mosque attacks
At least 27 mosques in Germany were targeted in attacks in the first three months of this year, after the terrorist PYD/PKK group threatened to carry out violent acts to protest against Turkey’s counterterrorism operation in northwestern Syria.
What does Qatari support for Turkey’s Afrin Operation mean?
Moreover, officials of both the UAE and Egypt responded positively to the PYD/YPG’s call for support.
YPG/PKK forced recruitment of children: Rights reports
In a May 2015 report, Kurdwatch said the PYD/YPG/PKK kidnapped 12-year-old Fatimah S.
Some Myths about the YPG
If anything, Turkey has encouraged unity among Syrian Kurds and sought to convince the PYD to join the opposition forces against Assad.
‘No civilians killed or hurt in Operation Olive Branch’
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Bozdag also said Turkey's fight against the terrorist PYD/PKK in Afrin, northwestern Syria, near Turkey’s border, is providing tremendous support for Syria's territorial integrity and sovereignty.
