Turkey, ISIL and the PKK: It’s complicated 7 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Free Syrian Army, ISIL, ISIS, Murat Yetkin, PKK, PYD, Syria
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Hürriyet Daily News (Turkey) October 7, 2014, p. 3
Murat Yetkin
It’s a complicated equation, but it’s not too difficult to solve. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was founded in 2013, based on the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), which previously called itself al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia (AQM). ISI was founded in 2004 in reaction to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. (suite…)
How ISIS Could Soon Control Close to Half of the Syrian Border with Turkey 7 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: ISIS, Kobani, Kurds, Max Hoffman, Michael Werz, PKK, Syria
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The National Interest (USA) October 7, 2014
Michael Werz and Max Hoffman *
The end appears very near in Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) in northern Syria as ISIS closes in on the city from three sides. For the past two weeks, Kurdish fighters of the People’s Protection Units, or YPG (the military arm of the Democratic Union Party), have resisted an intense offensive by ISIS militants there. (suite…)
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