MESOP NEWS MANBIJ / SYRIA : TEMPORARELY CALM !
| At the Kurdish stronghold of Manbij, Syria, militants told our correspondent that their fears of a Turkish offensive had been temporarily dispelled, in part by American military assurances of support. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/01/world/middleeast/syria-turkey-kurds-militias.html?emc=edit_mbe_20180202&nl=morning-briefing-europe&nlid=73143833&te=1 |
| But a military confrontation between the U.S. and Turkey, two NATO allies, is no longer unthinkable. www.mesop.de |