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Turkey’s Military Intervention in Syria

... the launch of Shield of the Euphrates operation, the aim of which is to destroy the militants’ bases in the Turkey–Syria border regions. On the first day of the operation on August 24, Turkish fighter jets and artillery liquidated more than ... ... countries that make up coalition focused for the most part on aerial bombardments, or on supplying weapons to and training the Syrian Kurds. It was on account of the Kurdish part of the Syrian Democratic Forces, a military association formed in October 2015 by ...

30.08.2016

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Russia and Turkey: More Than a Rapprochement?

... St. Petersburg. This crucially important summit was the first foreign visit made by Erdogan after the failed coup attempt in Turkey on July, 15. Historically speaking bilateral... ... NATO’s ally. Still, Washington is supporting the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria, which is considered in Ankara as a branch of the Kurdish Workers’ Party... ... choices so far. The key question is whether Moscow will stop its support of the Syrian Kurds in return for Ankara giving up its attempts to overthrow Bashar al-Assad administration...

22.08.2016

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