In January 2018, Turkey invaded Afrin. In October 2019, Turkey invaded a strip of land in northeastern Syria between Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ayn.
Turkey also occupies parts of Iraqi Kurdistan (northern Iraq), and continues harassing Rojava with small scale attacks, including artillery bombardments, drone attacks and ground incursions. Now there are strong indications that Turkey plans further invasions of more territory in Syria and Iraq. Turkey's defence minister and chief of general staff recently visited Iraq and talked to both the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (a US-backed right-wing regime that collaborates with Turkey against the PKK). The head of MIT (Turkish military intelligence) has also had discussions with the Assad regime. These discussions, as well as Turkish troop movements, point to the likelihood of a new Turkish offensive. Chris Slee https://anfenglish.com/features/x-49532 https://anfenglish.com/news/turkish-defense-minister-chief-of-general-staff-visit-hewler-49430 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#5901): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/5901 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/80193649/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
