A new U.S. military operation to help Kurdish forces in Syria follows a months-long diplomatic dance between the Obama administration and another interested party: Turkey.
While Obama administration officials cast the latest talks as the United States informing Turkey of its plans, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government said Monday that it would help Kurdish military fighters known as the peshmerga cross its border en route to Kobani, the nearby Syrian town under threat by Islamic State militants.
"We are helping peshmerga forces to enter into Kobani to give support," Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu said.
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Richard Fontaine
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Richard Fontaine is the chief executive officer of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). He served as president of CNAS from 2012–19 and as senior fellow from 2009–12...
