(January 21, 2018 at 12:55 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(January 18, 2018 at 10:28 am)LuisDantas Wrote: To be fair, there are no obvious, constructive, viable solutions for the situation in Syria and the surrounding area.
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As much as I dislike the current administration, I doubt it would have been much different under the last. Or the next.
Turkey has just invaded Syria.
Turkish forces push into Syria, battle Kurdish militia
"AZAZ, Syria (Reuters) - Turkey's army and rebel allies battled U.S.-backed Kurdish militia in Syria's Afrin province on Sunday, stepping up a two-day-old campaign against YPG fighters that has opened a new front in Syria's civil war.
Amid U.S. calls for restraint, Turkish artillery pounded YPG positions, while rockets fired from inside Syria slammed into two Turkish border towns, wounding dozens, according to the local governor's office and a witness.
Turkey began its push to clear YPG fighters from a northwestern enclave of Syria on Saturday when it launched artillery and air strikes against their positions in Afrin in what it called "Operation Olive Branch".
Turkey considers the YPG a terrorist organization and has been infuriated by U.S. support for the fighters. Washington, which is backing the YPG in the battle against Islamic State in Syria, on Sunday said it was concerned about the situation.
"Our jets took off and started bombing. And now the ground operation is underway. Now we see how the YPG ... are fleeing in Afrin," President Tayyip Erdogan said. "We will chase them. God willing, we will complete this operation very quickly.""
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/turkey-says-gr...22385.html
