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NATO ambassadors in Brussels reaffirmed “strong solidarity” with Turkey in a public declaration yesterday that could encourage Ankara to expand its current offensive military operations.
They condemned “terrorist attacks” against Turkey, taking in acts by the Islamic State (Isis) death cult and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
They took their line from Ankara Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, who said on Monday: “There is no difference between PKK and Daesh,” referring to Isis by its Arabic acronym.
VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
VIJAY PRASHAD looks at the web of militias and drug-trafficking gangs that emerged in the Sweida region through the Syrian civil war, and how they relate to recent clashes and Israel’s intervention
