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2016-10-22 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Turkey hit SDF positions to prevent Kurds reaching al-Bab, say security sources

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Posted by Fred 2016-10-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
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#1 I suspect the Turks have staked out several territories in Syria and Iraq and are engaged in securing them.

Posted by Pappy 2016-10-22 10:03|| 2016-10-22 10:03|| Front Page Top

#2 My questions (and I think Pappy is right) --

1) why would Turkey want more Kurds?

2) given that there is no answer to #1, what do they plan to do with the Kurds in the parts of Syria and Iraq that they annex?

Posted by Steve White 2016-10-22 13:44|| 2016-10-22 13:44|| Front Page Top

#3 In modern Turkey the attitude has been that they are allowed to live so long as they are merely loyal Mountain Turks, rather than insisting in a separate identity as Kurds, Dr. Steve.

Posted by trailing wife 2016-10-22 18:23|| 2016-10-22 18:23|| Front Page Top

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