Then ISIS saw a weakness and shifted its fire to the Kurds.
The Kurds, in response, brought out their own militia, the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), which has now affiliated with the Turkish Kurdish militia, to fight back. Ankara is disturbed, having fought the Kurdish militia for a decade. The issue is in doubt.
During a more reckless period of US history, both the Syrian militia and the Turkish militia were declared to be
terrorist" organizations. Now the US and its coalition partners need both. They may be reclassified as Freedom Fighters. More likely, the "terrorist" classification will be ignored out of expediency.
After the break, there are two current newspaper articles, one describing Turkey's response to ISIS from a Russian point of view, one from a US point of view. It is interesting to note their similarities and differences. Turkey is caught on the horns of a dilemma. Time will tell how it solves the dilemma.
This is Suruc, about 90 miles northeast of the Syrian city of of Aleppo, where some of the most damaging fighting is taking place right now:
