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re: Meanwhile: Turkey has invaded Syria
Posted on 1/21/18 at 12:20 pm to thelawnwranglers
Posted on 1/21/18 at 12:20 pm to thelawnwranglers
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Why would Russia/Syria go against Kurds. Thought they were both attacking IS
The Kurds want to declare independence from Syria and establish their own country. They were fighting ISIS for survival and hoping to use their victory and the relative power vacuum to achieve their dream of an independent Kurdistan.
Syria obviously doesn’t want them taking a big chunk of their country. Iraq, Iran, and Turkey don’t want this because they all have regions of large Kurdish populations that could rebel and breakaway in similar fashion to join this new Kurdistan state.
The U.S. has never fully backed Kurdish independence due to the fact that most of the Kurdish terror groups in Turkey are communist in nature.
This post was edited on 1/21/18 at 12:24 pm
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Posted on 1/21/18 at 12:26 pm to kingbob
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The Kurds want to declare independence from Syria and establish their own country.
That is true of the Kurdish people as a whole, but not true in the case of the YPG as part of the SDF. The SDF wants a federal, democratic, secular Syria. They have come short of seeking full independence, though if a real federal government is established, that possibility remains in the future.
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