ASSESSMENTS
Turkey After Afrin
Mar 14, 2018 | 09:00 GMT
(BAKR ALKASEM/AFP/Getty Images)
Highlights
- Turkey's military will ultimately prevail in Afrin due to its numerous advantages over the defending Kurdish militia there.
- Turkish success in Afrin will embolden Ankara to undertake further operations in pursuit of its regional strategy and in its efforts to weaken Kurdish separatism.
- As Turkey pursues its interests further in Syria and Iraq, regional powers such as Iran and Saudi Arabia will increasingly push back against Turkish ambition.
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