In January, ten people were killed in a suicide bombing in Ankara, blamed on ISIS, suggesting that the group is making good on its promises to target Turkey. Recalling the pre-Iraq invasion days, Erdogan said he does not want to “commit the mistake in Syria that had been committed in Iraq”. Three women were violently hauled away and, according to their accounts, beaten in the face and breasts moments after heckling Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Cavusoglu has said the Syrian Kurdish forces’ participation in U.N-led peace talks for Syria in Geneva would be “dangerous” and lead to the end of the U.N.-led initiative. They (the United States) remain silent when we repeat (the PYD is a “terrorist” group) and they say “we do not consider them like that” behind our backs, “railed the strong man of the Turkey”.
The latest clash could add to Turkish frustrations with its North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ally Washington which supports the PYD Syrian Kurds in the battle against Islamic State in Syria.
Mr Fabius said he did not expect President Barack Obama to change his strategy before leaving office, regardless of what Secretary of State John Kerry told Mr Assad’s main backers. If you would like to discuss another topic, look for a relevant article.
He appeared particularly irked about this meeting and about Kirby’s comments, which came despite the fact Ankara has “warned the USA many times” about Kurdish groups that, Erdogan said, couldn’t be relied on to shed their violent, terrorist ways. In response, Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jets shot down a Russian Su-24 bomber aircraft. Our airspace is also NATO’s air space. Turkey has been engaged in combat operations against the PKK for the past year, targeting Kurdish regions of Turkey like the city of Diyarbakir. We know ISIL and those groups.
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Gallia Lindenstrauss, a Turkey expert and research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University, told The Jerusalem Post, “Russia is “rediscovering” the Kurds since it has traditionally been favorable to the Kurdish cause, specifically the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)”. As government forces make more gains in Aleppo, only a few kilometers from the border, Turkey is increasingly nervous. “All NATO Allies stand united in the fight against all forms of terrorism”. “But there is no question of any large-scale military intervention in Syria”.
