US Policy Towards Syria: A Tangled Mess of Bilateral Negotiations
wants to establish a mechanism to ensure that the PYD-YPG is protected by a small international protection force by creating other safe areas where the PYD can survive.
Germany’s New Strategy Against the PKK or Just Temporary Steps?
This expansion did not achieve the expected effect due to the ambivalent efforts of the authorities and the continuing tolerance of PKK/YPG/Ocalan flags.
Anti-Refugee Sentiment Ahead of Turkey’s Local Elections
in regards to the territory held by the YPG-PYD in the west of the Euphrates, as well as the presence of the terrorist organization in the regions east of the Euphrates.
A Safe Zone in Northern Syria is a Must for Turkey
investment in the YPG, the Syrian branch of the PKK, precluded any cooperation between the U.
Is the Turkish Opposition Really an Alternative?
This will more likely be perceived by the electorate that the opposition bloc may endanger the fight against terrorism, especially Turkey’s struggle with the PKK’s Syrian branch, the YPG.
Turkey Charts an Independent Foreign Policy
For reasons that are still not entirely clear, President Obama chose to partner with the PKK and its Syrian branch, the PYD/YPG, instead of the logical choice, NATO ally Turkey, in order to combat the new threat.
What was Offered to Ankara in Moscow?
’s decision to withdraw, but later, it attempted to constrain Turkey’s potential comprehensive military move that would target the YPG in the eastern Euphrates.
Taking Stock of the Syria Withdrawal Decision
military presence in northern Syria and the support for the YPG were becoming increasingly unsustainable in the face of Turkish opposition.
Sputnik Türkiye: The Voice of Moscow?
withdraws,” the news report strives to represent Turkey’s operation against terror groups PKK and YPG as illegitimate and depicts Turkey as an occupying force in Syria.
Trump’s Double “Conflation” Problem
At this point I should underscore that for years Turkey has been a safe haven not just to Syrian Arabs and Turkmens -and other ethnicities-, but also hundreds of thousands of Syrian Kurds, who fled the brutal Syrian regime and terrorist organizations such as the YPG, the PKK’s Syrian wing, which Trump and major international media outlets are outrageously happy to equate with Kurdish-ness.
Turkey’s Options for a Safe Zone in Syria
-backed YPG.
How Cheap Drones Became Assets for Terrorist Organizations
Later, as of the last quarter of 2016, drones were used intensely for assaults by Daesh, both against security forces in Operation Mosul in Iraq, and against the PKK/YPG terrorist organization, which were included in Operation Raqqa in Syria, and against the Syrian regime forces.
Turkey’s Fight Against Terrorism: PKK, not Kurds
, Turkey is preparing for a strike against the PKK’s Syria branch, known as the PYD/YPG.
Another Bumpy Week in US-Turkey Relations
/EU designated PKK terror organization as well as its affiliates like the YPG.
Four Scenarios for Idlib and the Future of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
Turkey’s priority in its fight against terrorist organizations in Syria is the PKK/YPG.
Turkey Can Help the US Exit from Syria
From a strategic perspective, while Turkey wants to reduce the YPG presence wherever it is located, the US, including Trump’s himself, seems to protect YPG against Turkey’s upcoming military operation and to assure the long-term presence of PYD/YPG’s in Syria.
US-Turkey Cooperation in Syria Requires Serious Strategy
During the Kobani fight, the Obama administration decided to help the YPG fighters on the ground despite Turkey’s warnings.
Macron’s Syria Policy: Does France want to Play the Role of the US?
should have remained in Syria to support the PKK and YPG, otherwise the regime forces will fill the power gap.
Turkey’s Syria Strategy after the US Withdrawal
The mobilization of Turkish troops and the declaration of high military readiness in the region following Erdogan’s Ankara speech was a direct message not for the YPG but for the U.
Erdogan: ‘Don’t expect justice from the UN’
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In his answer to a question on whether it was necessary to start a dialogue with the Assad regime in order to maintain Syria’s geographical integrity and to limit the influence of the YPG/PKK, Bahceli answered, “I’m against any type of dialogue with the Assad regime as a thought.
