Turkey's 'Patience' Wears Thin, US Funds Continue to Flow
The New Arab reports Turkey's 'patience' has worn thin with Syrian Kurdish forces over a 'stalled agreement' with Damascus. This coded language from Ankara, framed as a concern for stability, is a familiar drumbeat preceding cross-border operations. Meanwhile, the US continues funneling military aid to Turkey – over $10 million in 2023 alone to an active NATO member repeatedly accused of human
rights abuses against Kurds, its own citizens, and even in Syria. One might wonder whose 'patience' is truly being tested, and by whom. The irony is rich: mainstream Western media decries Russian aggression while glossing over a NATO ally's territorial ambitions in Syria, consistently targeting a US-backed, anti-ISIS force. The 'stalled agreement' becomes a convenient pretext for Ankara, while
Washington quietly bankrolls a regional strongman to pursue his own agenda. Perhaps if these 'Syrian Kurdish forces' changed their name to 'Azerbaijani oil routes,' US patience might also thin in a different direction.