Turkey tightens siege on Afrin
Source:al Monitor Date:31Oct2017
As the sixth round of Astana peace talks take start, Ankara realizes it does not benefit from peace in Syria. After its incursion in Idlip Province, military planners have now set eyes on neighboring, Kurdish populated Afrin. Clashes might be unavoidable. Ankara’s ultimate objective is to prevent a division of Syria between Assad and PYD-YPG.