Middle East Monitor: Stakes rise in Turkey’s Afrin assault as pro-Assad militia arrive
Turkey warned on Wednesday that pro-Damascus forces would face “serious consequences” for entering Syria’s Afrin region to help Kurdish fighters repel a Turkish offensive, Reuters reports.
Their arrival raises the spectre of wider escalation on Syria’s northern battlefront, which includes the Syrian army, allied Iran-linked militias, Kurdish forces, rebels, Turkish troops, and Russian and American forces.
The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said Turkish planes bombed a town in Afrin and fighting raged on the ground on Wednesday. Turkey launched its assault last month to drive out the YPG, which it deems a menace along its border.
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WNU Editor: Can anyone say "quagmire"?
More News On Turkey's Military Offensive In Syria's Afrin Region
Turkey's 'Legitimate Target'? Over 400 Syrian Fighters Reportedly in Afrin -- Sputnik
Kurdish YPG militia says Syrian army must come help stop Turkey -- Reuters
Turkey Ready for Talks to Avoid Clash With Syria -- Bloomberg
Turkey Mulls Talks to Avoid War As Russia and U.S. Allies Chant 'One Syria' -- Newsweek
Turkey ready for talks to avoid clash with Assad's regime -- Independent.ie
Failure risk in plans behind Ankara's anger at pro-Damascus forces' entry into Afrin: analysts -- New China
Syria's Afrin is a multi-national powderkeg -- The Australian
Afrin explained: a multi-sided conflict where enemies are allies and allies are enemies -- Mina Aldroubi, The National
Turkey’s Afrin assault bears little fruit -- Sami Moubayed, Special to Gulf News
1 comment:
Turkey has become victim to Mrs. Hubris, the slayer of dictators.
Quagmire was entirely predictable given the interests of powerful parties. Russia, Iran and Syria will supply captured US weapons to the Kurds then let the Turks see the US is the reason the mighty, glorious Ottoman Army has failed in Afrin. The ending just writes itself. Turkey then aligns more and more with Russia to keep the fiction alive that the US is now Turkey's enemy.
The irony is there is almost nothing the US can do about it and it's not even in the Afrin fight.
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