Turkey’s Syria Policies Falter On Intra-Kurdish Struggles
By: Amberin Zaman. Translated from Haberturk (Turkey).
Western diplomats are now openly saying that one of the main reasons behind Turkey’s support for the armed opposition in Syria is to prevent the formation of an autonomous Kurdish region in Syria. Western sources told me yesterday [Nov. 9] that Turkey’s intensive efforts — especially with Washington — to create a no-fly zone and a buffer zone, are, above all, aimed at the Kurds.
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