Afrin: How the Fight in Northern Syria is Testing US-Turkey Ties
Turkey’s incursion against the Syrian Kurdish militant group the People’s Protection Units, or YPG, has opened a new phase in the seven-year conflict. To Ankara, the YPG are terrorists; for the United States, able partners in the fight against IS. The dispute could expand the risk of confrontation between two NATO allies.
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Turkey’s incursion against the Syrian Kurdish militant group the People’s Protection Units, or YPG, has opened a new phase in the seven-year conflict. To Ankara, the YPG are terrorists; for the United States, able partners in the fight against IS. The dispute could expand the risk of confrontation between two NATO allies.
