All Agents Are Getting Ready for a Post-ISIS Phase
Once Putin realized the added benefits of enmity toward ISIS for Russia's interests, he started making exaggerated anti-ISIS statements to provide enough legitimacy for his country's involvement in the Syrian conflict.
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China in Syria
Although it prompts various questions, it is quite clear that China's policy change, in other words its involvement in the Syrian conflict, will do nothing but increase chaos in the region.
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Mr. Putin is planning to showcase his military's power in the Middle East and the Mediterranean.
Turkey has approached both the Syrian civil war and the ISIS matter with its own national priorities and timing. The policy of the Obama administration paved the way for the PYD until recently. A PYD circle was nearly formed in northern Syria.
US support of Kurdish offshoot group in Syria could backfire in the medium-term.
The arrival of U.S. F-16s in Turkey has been called a game changer not only in the fight against ISIS but also in reshaping the Middle East, Syria and Iraq in particular.
Turkey and the Fight Against ISIS
The fight against ISIS necessitates an agreement between Turkey and the international coalition to counteract ISIS and protect the countries bordering ISIS-controlled areas.
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What the Suruç Attack Means
Quite contrary to Turkeys anti-ISIS campaign in the region, the PKK is ungratefully trying to pull the Turkish government into the chaos between ISIS and the PKK-supported PYD
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Hoping that the PYD will deal with ISIS in the region does not seem to be realistic and, furthermore, could generate further destabilizing ethnic tensions in the region.
The fight against ISIS needs to have well-designed, articulated and comprehensive strategies that will include what do on the day after the projects are completed.
