What Has Changed In Turkey’s Northern Syria Policy?
At first glance, two developments concerning northern Syria create the impression of a major shift in Turkey’s policy.
First, Salih Muslim, head of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), which has organic links with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), was invited to Istanbul and held talks with Turkish officials for two days. Second, the Turkish government displayed a critical attitude for the first time toward the radical Islamist Jabhat al-Nusra.
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