Turkey’s dealing with the Syrian Kurds (Part I)

Michael Gunter
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Michael Gunter: Tennessee Technological University, USA

The Commentaries, 2021, vol. 1, issue 1, 31-38

Abstract: This wide-ranging survey of the Kurds in Syria will evaluate the mid-term fall-out of the suddenly announced US withdrawal on October 7, 2019. It concludes that 1. The US dishonorably deserted its Syrian Kurdish ally, 2. Alienated future allies who would no longer trust it, 3. Allowed some of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) prisoners incarcerated by YPG guards to escape and potentially revive the genocidal jihadist organization, 4. Rewarded Turkish aggression, 5. Handed the murderous, but badly taxed Assad regime new life, 6. Facilitated Iran’s drive to the Mediterranean and potential threat to Israel, and, maybe most of all, 7. Empowered Russia as the ultimate arbitrator of the Syrian imbroglio to the detriment of the United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Keywords: Turkey; Syrian Kurds; Kurds; Syria; United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organization; NATO; Islamic State; Iraq and Syria prisoners; ISIS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.33182/com.v1i1.1994

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