With the world's attention on Afghanistan, Turkey carries out lethal airstrikes in Iraq
With the world and the US focused on Afghanistan, Turkey carried out airstrikes that hit genocide survivors in Iraq and members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in mid August. One of the airstrikes hit a medical clinic in Sinjar, killing eight people, while another airstrike saw a Turkish drone kill Yazidi leader Hassan Saeed on the day he was scheduled to meet with the Iraqi prime minister. Turkey has also hit multiple cities in Syria with airstrikes.
Dr. Amy Austin Holmes, a public policy fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, a research fellow at ICSVE - the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism - and an expert on the region, joins our host Thanos Davelis to discuss the airstrikes that took place last month, look at the impact of Turkey’s broader operations in Syria and Iraq, and explore what the US response should be.
Read the following publications by Dr. Amy Austin Holmes:
As Afghanistan crumbles, Turkey's airstrikes set up the next disaster
Despite Ceasefire Agreement, Turkey Implicated In More Than Eight Hundred Violations
Five Years of Airstrikes: Turkish Aggression and International Silence in Sinjar, 2017-2021
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