Turkiet och FSA har gjort framsteg vid al-Bab. På tur för turkarna och FSA står Raqqa. Det lär de få mycket hjälp från USA och de allierade västländerna med. Det är väl bra att Turkiet skaffar sig ett par oljekällor?
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-albab-idUSKBN15N0RO
Citat:
Syrian rebels backed by the Turkish military have captured the outskirts of the Islamic State-held city of al-Bab in northern Syria, the Turkish government and rebel sources said on Wednesday.
The advance threatens an important IS stronghold, whose fall would deepen Turkish influence in an area of northern Syria where it has created a de facto buffer zone.
Syrian government forces have also advanced on al-Bab from the south, bringing them into close proximity with their Turkish and rebel enemies in one of the most complex battlefields of the six-year-old conflict.
Amerikanerna hjälper till med flygbombning, och clownen i WH ger turkarna stöd, samma artikel:
Citat:
Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin told broadcaster NTV there had been better coordination with the U.S.-led coalition on air strikes in the last 10 days and Ankara's priority was to establish a safe zone between the Syrian towns of Azaz and Jarablus, which are just over the border.
The safe zone is an important goal for Ankara because it would mean that civilians displaced by the conflict could be provided for in Syria, rather than crossing into Turkey.
Turkish sources said Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed in a phone call overnight to act jointly against Islamic State in al-Bab and Raqqa.