Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

US, Kurds to clear path toward Raqqa, with or without Turkey

FEHIM TAŞTEKIN for Al-Monitor Because of Turkey's objections to Kurdish involvement, operational plans against the Islamic State keep changing.

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