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2020-02-21 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Clashes pitting Turkish forces and their Syrian opposition allies against pro-regime forces left 27 fighters dead, including two Turkish

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Posted by Fred 2020-02-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
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#1 Have to admit. I wonder about the Turk in the street and what he thinks about Yip-yip's wars of aggression/acquisition. In favor of new Ottoman Empire? Or just keeping his/her head down to avoid catching Gulen Flu?

Posted by Mercutio 2020-02-21 06:36|| 2020-02-21 06:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Not in the stories: Why now all of a sudden the Ottomans are going neo-imperial? War as a distraction from domestic economic issues?

Posted by Nguard 2020-02-21 12:29|| 2020-02-21 12:29|| Front Page Top

#3 Nguard, now that you mention it, it is redolent of Argentina's "Short Victorious War" for the "Malvinas".

Posted by Mercutio 2020-02-21 14:14|| 2020-02-21 14:14|| Front Page Top

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