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THE MIDEAST
THE STORY
Yesterday, the US-led coalition stepped up airstrikes against ISIS in a key Syrian city on the border of Turkey. And Turkey did some striking of its own, but not on ISIS.
EXPLAIN.
For weeks, the Syrian city of Kobani has been in danger of falling to ISIS. If that happens, the Islamic militant group would have control of a huge part of the Turkey-Syria border. Not good. But Turkey won’t get in the fight, and everyone’s annoyed.
WHY NOT?
Because Kobani is controlled by Syrian Kurds – a semi-autonomous ethnic group that’s primarily in Iraq and Turkey. It’s believed that some Syrian Kurds may have ties to a Turkish group called the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, which goes by the nickname PKK, and which Turkey and the US consider a terrorist group. Turkey and the PKK have had a long history of violence that finally ended two years ago. But yesterday, Turkey hit the PKK with airstrikes, claiming they had attacked military outposts. The PKK says nope, Turkey’s the one that broke the cease-fire.
THE STORY
Yesterday, the US-led coalition stepped up airstrikes against ISIS in a key Syrian city on the border of Turkey. And Turkey did some striking of its own, but not on ISIS.
EXPLAIN.
For weeks, the Syrian city of Kobani has been in danger of falling to ISIS. If that happens, the Islamic militant group would have control of a huge part of the Turkey-Syria border. Not good. But Turkey won’t get in the fight, and everyone’s annoyed.
WHY NOT?
Because Kobani is controlled by Syrian Kurds – a semi-autonomous ethnic group that’s primarily in Iraq and Turkey. It’s believed that some Syrian Kurds may have ties to a Turkish group called the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, which goes by the nickname PKK, and which Turkey and the US consider a terrorist group. Turkey and the PKK have had a long history of violence that finally ended two years ago. But yesterday, Turkey hit the PKK with airstrikes, claiming they had attacked military outposts. The PKK says nope, Turkey’s the one that broke the cease-fire.