Turkey views the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) as an extension of the PKK/YPG.

The entities involved

• Syrian Democratic Forces →

  alliance of militias fighting against ISIL and other Islamist extremists in the Syrian Civil War

  Nothing else this week.

• Ankara →

  capital of Turkey

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• Türkiye prevents PKK from using Syrian soil and addresses the power vacuum in Iraq.Aug 25
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