The grim international context of Türkiye’s (Turkey's) attacks on the Kurdish Rojava region in Syria
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Anita Starosta warns that Türkiye’s attacks on Kurdish areas in the northern Syrian area known as Rojava that borders Türkiye and Iraq could get much more serious. Rojava is a semi-autonomous region administered by a radical-democratic Kurdish group, the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD). Starosta speculates that Türkiye is setting out to disrupt the Rojavan government and neutralized the PYD as a fighting force. The PYD has been an ally of American forces - which are still actively involved in Syria - in fighting against the Syrian government and the Islamic State.
The grim international context of Türkiye’s (Turkey's) attacks on the Kurdish Rojava region in Syria
The grim international context of Türkiye’s…
The grim international context of Türkiye’s (Turkey's) attacks on the Kurdish Rojava region in Syria
Anita Starosta warns that Türkiye’s attacks on Kurdish areas in the northern Syrian area known as Rojava that borders Türkiye and Iraq could get much more serious. Rojava is a semi-autonomous region administered by a radical-democratic Kurdish group, the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD). Starosta speculates that Türkiye is setting out to disrupt the Rojavan government and neutralized the PYD as a fighting force. The PYD has been an ally of American forces - which are still actively involved in Syria - in fighting against the Syrian government and the Islamic State.