The US must end Support to the YPG to repair Ties with Turkey
must end its military and political support to the YPG not only to repair ties with Turkey but also to bring long lasting stability to Syria.
Iran and the YPG: Friends or Foes?
policy priorities in Syria towards an attempt to limit Iranian influence by close cooperation with the YPG-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), questions have emerged regarding how realistic such policies would be.
US Support to YPG: Violation of US National Law
ashington’s indefinite policy in Syria and increasing active support to the People’s Protection Units (YPG) and its variations violate U.
A Pending Threat for the West: Foreign Fighters in the YPG
any foreigners have joined the ranks of the PKK/YPG in order to fight against DAESH.
Russia’s YPG Strategy in Syria
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On the other hand, this initiative also includes the PYD/YPG - the Syrian branch of the PKK, which is accepted as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the European Union and the US.
Cooperating with Assad Could Cost the YPG
he recent decision by the Manbij Military Council to hand over territories in western Manbij to the Assad regime to prevent attacks from Turkish-backed Syrian rebel brigades will have its long-term effects on the YPG dominated Syrian Democratic Forces.
Between Anger and Sympathy: European and North American Foreign Fighters in the YPG
Compared to DAESH’s recruitment of foreign fighters, the People’s Protection Units (YPG), could form a narrower pool of foreign fighters but enough to attract academic and journalistic attention.
Aleppo’s fall and the Role of Russian, Iranian, and YPG forces
The two steps of besieging Aleppo
The capture of rebel-held Aleppo would not have been possible without Russian air support, and simultaneous offensives by the PKK-affiliated YPG and DAESH that forced rebels to fight on multiple fronts.
Turkish FM Fidan warns Talabani’s PUK in Iraq to distance itself from PKK
He criticized the local administration in Suleymaniyah for allegedly supporting both PKK and YPG terrorists and providing logistical support to them.
Turkey Announces Successful Counter-Terror Operations in Iraq and Syria
Read: Turkey’s National Intelligence Service Leadership Decapitation Strategy against the PKK/YPG
Turkey to prevent the emergence of a terrorist structure
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated Turkey's unwavering commitment to combat terrorism, stating that the country would pay any cost to prevent the emergence of a terrorist structure in northern Iraq and Syria.
Turkish-Russian Relations from Peter the Great to Putin
Read: The Only Way Out for Russia Is to Let Turkey Weaken the YPGIn addition to being subjected to a wave of migration that turned the country's economy and social structure upside down, the seeds of the antagonism that would become entrenched in the Turkish society against Russia and carry on into the 20th century were also sown.
100 Years of Turkey-US Relations
support for the YPG (the Syrian extension of the PKK in Syria), and the failure to extradite the leader of FETO, who carried out the July 15, 2016 coup attempt, to Turkey are issues that have long been awaiting solution in Turkey-U.
A Brief History of 100 Years of the Turkish Defense Industry
Turkey's counterterrorism operations against the PKK—as well as its Syrian offshoot, the PYD/YPG today—often lacked support from its NATO and European allies, who introduced new procedures and decisions that made it difficult for Turkey to use the weapons, ammunition, and equipment that Turkey had procured from them.
Azerbaijan Writes the Last Chapter in Karabakh
In addition, combat-ready individuals were recruited and deployed from various countries, including the PKK/YPG and, most importantly, officers from the Armenian army.
The PKK’s Ankara Terror Attack Reveals a Larger Plan
Read: Turkey’s National Intelligence Service Leadership Decapitation Strategy against the PKK/YPGThe attack took the form of an abrupt incursion, with one of the assailants attempting to breach the checkpoint's ballistic fortifications with the rocket launcher.
Sound of Freedom and QAnon: Tabloid Fever Diverts Attention from Child Trafficking
Read: The YPG's Child Recruits: An Accustomed Human Rights Abuse?
Unmasking the horrors of child sex trafficking
In a recent interview with Prager U, Tim Ballard gave a chilling account of a cartel-controlled region where a child sex trafficking organization had reached unimaginable proportions.
How to Navigate Turkish-Swedish Relations and Counterterrorism Shifts
Swedish ministers have held meetings with PKK members and representatives of the YPG, promising them support.
The Killing of DAESH Leader Abu Hussein al-Qurashi by Turkey’s Intelligence Explained
The MIT's success stories against terrorist organizations ranging from FETÖ to the PKK/YPG and DAESH are, in fact, among Turkey's greatest institutional achievements.
How Kurdish Politics Changed under the AK Party in Turkey
The political wing of the PKK terrorist organization, the HDP, its extensions in civil society, and the sympathy of local and international writers and intellectuals for the terrorist organization focus Kurdish citizens’ attention on the PKK/YPG gains in Syria and Iraq with the primary support of the United States.
Will Multidimensional or Pro-Western Foreign Policy Win in Turkey’s 2023 Elections?
At this point, we are faced with a United States that openly supports the YPG, the Syrian branch of the PKK, which is the biggest security threat to Turkey, an America that pursues an anti-Turkey policy in the Eastern Mediterranean, and an American president who aims to overthrow President Erdoğan through elections.
