10-24-2016, 09:59 PM
*** 25-Oct-16 World View -- Turkey's military intervention grows in Syria and Iraq
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** In Iraq, Turkey's artillery and possibly its jets are helping recapture Mosul from ISIS
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Iraqi tribesmen protest the presence of Turkish troops in northern Iraq (Getty)
There is a growing perception in Turkey that the Mideast borders,
especially those of Syria and Iraq, are being redesigned, and Turkey
wants to be sure to recover some of land lost in World War I.
In Iraq, Mosul is a historically Sunni city and was part of the
Ottoman empire, and any attempt to change is demographic composition
would be a direct threat to Turkey's security. The concern is that
the population would be diluted by Kurds or by Shia Muslims coming
from Iran.
Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been in a war of words
with Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who demanded that Turkey
withdraw its troops and tanks from Iraq. Recently, Erdogan responded
to al-Abadi:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"You are not my interlocutor. You are not at my
> level. You are not my equivalent. You are not of the same quality
> as me.
>
> Your screaming and shouting in Iraq is of no importance to us.
> You should know that we will go our own way."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
Turkey has for weeks been training Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Iraq to
fight the so-called Islamic State (IS or ISIS or ISIL or Daesh) near
Mosul. On Monday, Turkey's foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said
that Turkish artillery fire is being used to aid the Kurdish Peshmerga
forces fighting ISIS, and four Turkish fighter jets are on standby to
take part in air operations.
Al-Abadi has repeatedly said that Iraq does not want Turkey's help.
Turkey continues to insist that it must take part in the recapture of
Mosul from ISIS to protect its own interests. Iraq's fear is that
Erdogan will get his wish, and that part of Iraq, especially the
region around Mosul, will become part of Turkey. Reuters and Hurriyet (Ankara) and Al Jazeera and BBC
Related Articles
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**** In Syria, Turkey attacks both Kurds and ISIS near Aleppo
****
Turkey's military says that it struck dozens of ISIS and Kurdish YPG
militia targets on Monday in northern Syria, about 35 miles from
Aleppo, as part of Operation Euphrates Shield. Last week, strikes by
Turkish warplanes killed 200 PKK/PYD 'terrorists' in northern Syria,
according to the military.
Turkey said that the strikes were in the support of the Free Syrian
Army, and were necessary to prevent the Kurds taking control of the
entire region in northern Syria along the Turkish border, with the
intention of creating a Kurdish state called Rojava. When Operation
Euphrates Shield began three months ago, Erdogan said that stopping a
Kurdish state would be a principal objective, along with liberating
Syrian cities that had been captured by ISIS.
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah says that Turkey's
involvement in Syria and Iraq is a thinly veiled attempt to take
control of both Aleppo and Mosul.
Syria's military calls Turkey's action a "serious escalation," and a
gross violation of Syria’s sovereignty.
Turkey's objectives are hardly secret, as Erdogan is pursuing the
policies he's stated several times recently. What I'm waiting for is
to see whether Turkey will try to break the siege of Aleppo being
implemented by Syria's army in preparation for massive slaughter of
Sunni civilians. That would bring Turkey into direct confrontation
with Russia, just as the two countries have been cozying up to each
other recently. Reuters and Anadolu (Ankara) and AP and
Al Masdar News (Syria)
Related Articles
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Turkey, Iraq, Mosul, Syria, Aleppo,
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Haider al-Abadi, Mevlut Cavusoglu,
Operation Euphrates Shield, Kurds, Rojava,
Islamic State / of Iraq and Syria/Sham/the Levant, IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh,
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- In Iraq, Turkey's artillery and possibly its jets are helping recapture Mosul from ISIS
- In Syria, Turkey attacks both Kurds and ISIS near Aleppo
****
**** In Iraq, Turkey's artillery and possibly its jets are helping recapture Mosul from ISIS
****
Iraqi tribesmen protest the presence of Turkish troops in northern Iraq (Getty)
There is a growing perception in Turkey that the Mideast borders,
especially those of Syria and Iraq, are being redesigned, and Turkey
wants to be sure to recover some of land lost in World War I.
In Iraq, Mosul is a historically Sunni city and was part of the
Ottoman empire, and any attempt to change is demographic composition
would be a direct threat to Turkey's security. The concern is that
the population would be diluted by Kurds or by Shia Muslims coming
from Iran.
Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been in a war of words
with Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who demanded that Turkey
withdraw its troops and tanks from Iraq. Recently, Erdogan responded
to al-Abadi:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"You are not my interlocutor. You are not at my
> level. You are not my equivalent. You are not of the same quality
> as me.
>
> Your screaming and shouting in Iraq is of no importance to us.
> You should know that we will go our own way."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
Turkey has for weeks been training Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Iraq to
fight the so-called Islamic State (IS or ISIS or ISIL or Daesh) near
Mosul. On Monday, Turkey's foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said
that Turkish artillery fire is being used to aid the Kurdish Peshmerga
forces fighting ISIS, and four Turkish fighter jets are on standby to
take part in air operations.
Al-Abadi has repeatedly said that Iraq does not want Turkey's help.
Turkey continues to insist that it must take part in the recapture of
Mosul from ISIS to protect its own interests. Iraq's fear is that
Erdogan will get his wish, and that part of Iraq, especially the
region around Mosul, will become part of Turkey. Reuters and Hurriyet (Ankara) and Al Jazeera and BBC
Related Articles
- Turkey views Iraq and Syria through the lens of World War I and the Ottoman Empire (20-Oct-2016)
- Turkey and Iraq in dispute over Turkish participation in Mosul operation (18-Oct-2016)
****
**** In Syria, Turkey attacks both Kurds and ISIS near Aleppo
****
Turkey's military says that it struck dozens of ISIS and Kurdish YPG
militia targets on Monday in northern Syria, about 35 miles from
Aleppo, as part of Operation Euphrates Shield. Last week, strikes by
Turkish warplanes killed 200 PKK/PYD 'terrorists' in northern Syria,
according to the military.
Turkey said that the strikes were in the support of the Free Syrian
Army, and were necessary to prevent the Kurds taking control of the
entire region in northern Syria along the Turkish border, with the
intention of creating a Kurdish state called Rojava. When Operation
Euphrates Shield began three months ago, Erdogan said that stopping a
Kurdish state would be a principal objective, along with liberating
Syrian cities that had been captured by ISIS.
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah says that Turkey's
involvement in Syria and Iraq is a thinly veiled attempt to take
control of both Aleppo and Mosul.
Syria's military calls Turkey's action a "serious escalation," and a
gross violation of Syria’s sovereignty.
Turkey's objectives are hardly secret, as Erdogan is pursuing the
policies he's stated several times recently. What I'm waiting for is
to see whether Turkey will try to break the siege of Aleppo being
implemented by Syria's army in preparation for massive slaughter of
Sunni civilians. That would bring Turkey into direct confrontation
with Russia, just as the two countries have been cozying up to each
other recently. Reuters and Anadolu (Ankara) and AP and
Al Masdar News (Syria)
Related Articles
- Syria's al-Assad goes for the kill, turning Aleppo and civilians to bloody rubble (24-Sep-2016)
- Turkey's 'Operation Euphrates Shield' turns into full-scale invasion of Syria (26-Aug-2016)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Turkey, Iraq, Mosul, Syria, Aleppo,
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Haider al-Abadi, Mevlut Cavusoglu,
Operation Euphrates Shield, Kurds, Rojava,
Islamic State / of Iraq and Syria/Sham/the Levant, IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh,
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah
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