News Exercise #303

1. How do the Kurdish fighters feel?
2. What does Turkey believe is the ultimate goal for the Kurdish fighters, and how likely is it to happen?
3. What does Turkey hope to gain?
4. What is the concern?

Answers:
1. How do the Kurdish fighters feel?
They feel betrayed by American troops moving out of the area.

2. What does Turkey believe is the ultimate goal for the Kurdish fighters, and how likely is it to happen?
Turkey believes that the Kurds want an independent state, but neither Turnkey nor any other major power in the region is ever going to let that happen.

3. What does Turkey hope to gain?
They want to push the Kurdish fighters up to thirty kilometres away from the border.

4. What is the concern?
Perhaps IS will stage a comeback in northern Syria.