Why Turkey is invading Syria
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Published 2019-10-31
On Oct. 9, 2019, Turkey launched an attack in northeastern Syria. Turkey made the move shortly after the US announced it would remove some of its troops from the region.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had his eyes on the region for years. Turkey, he argued, needed a “safe zone” to serve as a buffer against the Syrian War happening just across the border. Yet back home in Turkey, there were other factors at play that accelerated his calls for an invasion that involved Erdoğan’s own political survival.
The move has recalibrated alliances in the Syrian War and added new uncertainty on the future of the region.
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All Comments (21)
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Hi everyone! We wanted to share some of our sources for critical points in the video: For figures on Syrian refugees in neighboring countries, we used official numbers provided by the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees. You can find that information here: data2.unhcr.org/en/situations/syria UNCHR has tracked this official count since the start of Syria’s civil war and there are indeed still many that are unaccounted for. For map data, you can go to: www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/effects-us-w…
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You know the old saying: "Foreign wars are how Americans learn geography."
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I came to read comments of people who don't even know where Turkey is, acting expert on middle east problems
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When American soldiers come from the other side of the world to Syria or Afganistan it's not called invasion but if Turkey doesn't want there to be terorists in his neighbour it is called invasion.
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Its understandable that Turkey is trying to defend its border because its neighboring country to Syria, but can someone tell me what the f USA Russia and Iran are doing in Syria
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America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests -Henry Kissinger
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Next video: why US invading every country
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You should have written the USA instead of Turkey.
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Trump: We never said we were gonna protect the Kurds for their entire life! Trump when Biden pulled out of Afghanistan: Shameful. Absolutely shameful.
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When will you make a video "Why USA invaded Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan ... " ?
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Why USA (9000 km apart from syria) invade syria? Why Russia (1500 km apart) invade syria? Why Iran (500 km apart) invade syria? WHY TURKEY (0 km apart) INVADE SYRIA?!!!!!! Next videos please
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Turkish invasion is brutal. Meanwhile America: 😂 maybe you forget my way of Invasion
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"The invasion can only be described as chaos" When was an invasion about friendship and peace
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Syria : has oil USA : sniff sniff Syria : Who are you? USA : I'm here to help.
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Why are the Turks called 'invasions' when they operate? Why are countries like USA UK only referred to as 'operations'?
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As Kurds, we continue to fight for freedom.
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When Kurds got lands of Syrian Republic its called "Home" or "Defending" but when Turkey attacks for only "YPG" and Kurdish militas, its called "Invasion". History won't forget your 2 faced reactions.
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No one have talked how brutal USA and France air force’s have attacked Syria for years
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thank you for not saying miles, and using kilometers,
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It's simple. Turkey doesn't want any terrorist organizations neither isis or ypg by its borders. They rightfully have to defend its territories and borders. Go Turkey.
