[Peace-discuss] FW: Turkish government have launched air strikes in Syria and Iraq against the Kurdish Worker's Party PKK.

[David Johnson]

From: David Johnson [mailto:davidjohnson1451 at comcast.net] 
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 2:56 PM
To: davidjohnson1451 at comcast.net
Subject: Turkish government have launched air strikes in Syria and Iraq
against the Kurdish Worker's Party PKK. 

 

Turkish government have launched air strikes in Syria and Iraq against the
Kurdish Worker's Party PKK. 

 

The Winners of Turkey's National Elections: The Kurds! 

 

Critics argue that the operation has failed to push back against the Sunni
extremist group as they continue to gain territory in both Syria and Iraq.
More than 200,000 people have died so far in the Syrian civil war. According
to the United Nations and other aid groups, there are at least 11 million
displaced Syrians, at least one million Syrian refugees in Turkey and
another million in Lebanon. Hundreds of thousands are also in neighboring
countries such as Jordan and Egypt. In a recent development, the Turkish
government have launched air strikes in Syria and Iraq against the Islamic
State group and the Kurdish Worker's Party PKK. 

However, the Turkish government has been accused over the past several years
of turning a blind eye to the expansion of the extremist group south of its
borders as an indirect plan for supporting insurgency against the Syrian
government. In fact, a pro-government Turkish journalist said in a tweet
Saturday that Turkey was in the process in a limited operation against the
Islamic State group, while being in a comprehensive operation against the
leftist PKK group. Kurdish forces have been the main local forces in Iraq
and Syria who have managed so far, depending only on their own resources, to
deal major blows to the Islamic State group and take back towns and
territories from them. Therefore, critics of the Turkish government argue
that the recent operation against the PKK is meant to weaken the Kurdish
resistance against the Islamic State group and other anti-Assad insurgencies
in Syria. RELATED: In Turkey, a Perfect Storm Gathers on the Horizon

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