Turkey Asks Kurds Not To Obstruct 'Stability,' After Decades of Instability
The irony is so thick you could carve it with a Bayraktar drone. Fidan – representing a government that has launched multiple military incursions into Syria (Operation Euphrates Shield, Olive Branch, Peace Spring) and backed various factions against Assad since 2011 – now lectures Kurds on 'stability.' Turkey's foreign policy has consistently prioritized undermining Kurdish autonomy across its
borders, labeling the Kurdish YPG (People's Protection Units) as terrorists despite their pivotal role alongside the US against ISIS. This 'stability' plea appears to be less about Syrian peace and more about legitimizing Ankara's long-standing aim to subjugate Kurdish-led forces. The suggested 'integration' into the very Syrian army they fought against, under threat of Turkish military action,
isn't an olive branch; it's a shackle. One might wonder who, precisely, has been the primary architect of instability in Northern Syria for the better part of a decade. Al-Monitor conveniently omits this rather crucial context. Credit where it's due, they did report Turkey's close ties with the new Syrian authorities.