Clashes erupt in Aleppo between Kurdish and Turkish-backed groups
Violence escalates in Syria as Turkish-backed factions attack Kurdish-held areas in Aleppo. Key data and analysis of the conflict.
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Syria: Battle for Aleppo intensifies with Kurds and Turks as key players
Kurdish neighborhoods in Aleppo are once again scenes of combat. Turkey-backed armed groups have launched an offensive against Kurdish militias controlling parts of the city since the civil war. The conflict, which never fully subsided, is reviving with violence reminiscent of the hardest years of the Syrian crisis.
The Kurdish puzzle in northern Syria
Syrian Kurds, US allies in the fight against ISIS, control a strip of territory in the north and east of the country. In Aleppo, they have held certain districts since 2016, which are now targeted by Sarracinist factions backed by Ankara. Turkey views the Kurdish militias (YPG) as an extension of the PKK, designated a terrorist organization by NATO. The Turkish government has threatened a large-scale incursion to expel them from the border.
Figures behind a potential Kurdish state
The territory claimed by Kurds in Syria does not exceed 12,000 km², a fraction of the 190,000 km² they aspire to in Turkey. In Iran and Iraq, the figures are 125,000 and 65,000 km² respectively. A landscape that makes a unified state unfeasible but does not curb independence aspirations.
The international community watches cautiously. Meanwhile, civilians continue to pay the price of a war lasting more than a decade. The unanswered question: How far is Turkey willing to go?
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Kurdish neighborhoods in Aleppo are once again scenes of combat. Turkey-backed armed groups have launched an offensive against Kurdish militias controlling parts of the city since the civil war. The conflict, which never fully subsided, is reviving with violence reminiscent of the hardest years of the Syrian crisis.
The Kurdish puzzle in northern Syria
Syrian Kurds, US allies in the fight against ISIS, control a strip of territory in the north and east of the country. In Aleppo, they have held certain districts since 2016, which are now targeted by Sarracinist factions backed by Ankara. Turkey views the Kurdish militias (YPG) as an extension of the PKK, designated a terrorist organization by NATO. The Turkish government has threatened a large-scale incursion to expel them from the border.
Figures behind a potential Kurdish state
The territory claimed by Kurds in Syria does not exceed 12,000 km², a fraction of the 190,000 km² they aspire to in Turkey. In Iran and Iraq, the figures are 125,000 and 65,000 km² respectively. A landscape that makes a unified state unfeasible but does not curb independence aspirations.
The international community watches cautiously. Meanwhile, civilians continue to pay the price of a war lasting more than a decade. The unanswered question: How far is Turkey willing to go?
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