Turkey set to invade northern Syria, White House says, raising concerns for Kurdish fighters

Iran has no interest in having anything but excellent relations with Turkey, even as the Iranian government has mentioned it is opposed to what Turkey is doing in Syria. So no thanks to your attempt to make this into an Iran v Turkey (or Shia v Sunni) fight (the Kurds in Syria are overwhelmingly Sunni anyway).

 

Assad has tried to get all Syrian Sunnis to leave the country.

 

KSA and the GCC has taken in 2 million Syrian refugees.. They just don't call them refugees.. They are not in camps.. and their children go to local schools.

 

Syrians work and their kids go same schools with Turkish kids and they all get monthly family allowance.

They can apply all health services, surgical operations without any charges, reach the drugs freely(including HIV, Cancer drugs) . None of countries does same as what Turkey does. They almost same rights as well as random Turkish citizen has.

Majority of them, are not in camps as well. Whatever they are refuges.

 

We have good relations with Iran. No problem here.

Also Iran has large (about 20%) shia Turkic population.(Azerbaijanis)..... Azerbaijan and Turkey (one is shia one is sunni) is like Austria and Germany (one catholic other one is mainly protestant) so we are natural brothers anyway Ottoman Empire did not fight with Iran since 1639.

 

The Gulf States do not belong to the United Nations convention for refugees so Syrian refugees in the GCC are not counted by the UNHRC.

UNHCR - The 1951 Refugee Convention
https://www.unhcr.org/1951-refugee-convention.htm
Apr 01, 2011 · The 1951 Refugee Convention is the key legal document that forms the basis of our work. Ratified by 145 State parties, it defines the term ‘refugee' and outlines the rights of the displaced, as well as the legal obligations of States to protect them.

 

Margot English is not my native language. Maybe I used wrong word here. So, don't obsess with it.

We call Syrians "mülteci" in our language. We call Afghans as "kaçak göçmen" who come our country in illegal ways. I don't know what exact English translation.

 

The Saudis refer to the Syrian refugees as Brothers in Distress.. and they too are entitled to full services.

 

Working with PKK terrorist organization is not backstabbing one of US' best NATO ally Turkey, while confirming Turkish operations against PKK is backstabbing ? Interesting

 

A few thousands...what a great brotherhood. They are Arabs we are Turks we are not same thing common even religion they are wahabis.

 

2 million Syrian refugees are in the Gulf States not thousands.

 

I talking about Saudi Arabia

Also 2 million is very few they are rich, swimming in oil. Shame.

We have no oil, we have poor people... also we have bad neighbours. Bulgaria, Greece, South Cyprus, Armenia, Iraq etc but anyway we have more than 4 million Syrians.

 

Too bad.

 

I really dream our country should have been in same region of Sweden or Norway - peaceful geography. Or I would agree border with Mexico (as your republicans are not happy with that)

We always have to cover our back

 

Its not about geography.. Its about people and principles and leadership.

 

I doubt the Turks will let them live.

 

That would be 60% of the population, and the majority of his own army.

 

Why do you label all Kurds as PKK terrorists?

 

Syria and Iran want a Shia corridor all the way to Sidon.

 

We need to protect the Kurds. If we don't we lose all credibility in the ME.

 

Why do you label PKK terrorists as Kurds ?

 

Answering a question with a question is a dodge.

Because PKK = Kurdistan Worker's Party. So, they are Kurds, but you are trying to make it sound like all Kurds are PKK terrorists. Why?

 

Trump: "The United States was supposed to be in Syria for 30 days, that was many years ago. We stayed and got deeper and deeper into battle with no aim in sight. When I arrived in Washington, ISIS was running rampant in the area. We quickly defeated 100% of the ISIS Caliphate."

As for the Kurds, he tweeted: "The Kurds fought with us, but were paid massive amounts of money and equipment to do so. They have been fighting Turkey for decades. I held off this fight for ... almost 3 years, but it is time for us to get out of these ridiculous Endless Wars, many of them tribal, and bring our soldiers home. WE WILL FIGHT WHERE IT IS TO OUR BENEFIT, AND ONLY FIGHT TO WIN. Turkey, Europe, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Russia and the Kurds will now have to ... figure the situation out, and what they want to do with the captured ISIS fighters in their 'neighborhood.'"

Trump voiced confidence that the U.S. will still be able to "crush ISIS again" if they threaten America.


Good. Bring our troops home. If you don't like it Aussie, perhaps Australia and European nations should send their troops to Syria.

 

Not really your call

Until bankruptcy don abandoned yet another brave ally

 

Where did he send troops in?