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		<title>As Erdogan prepares to meet Trump, can US keep allies from bloodshed?</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2017/05/as-erdogan-prepares-to-meet-trump-can-us-keep-allies-from-bloodshed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2017 15:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The timing of the Turkish airstrikes on Syrian Kurdish forces, weeks before Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is due to visit the US President Donald Trump, is not a coincidence. The attacks serve as a warning for the US, but it also aims to ensure Turkey retains an influence over proceedings in Syria, while simultaneously [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Who will spearhead the Raqqa offensive?</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2017/03/who-will-spearhead-the-raqqa-offensive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2017 15:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With focus largely on the Iraqi liberation of Mosul, the Islamic State (IS) Syrian stronghold of Raqqa remains the ultimate prize for defeating the group. However, owed to a complicated regional dynamic, the battle for Raqqa is marred by a lack of consensus on the strategy to take the city. As US President Donald Trump [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>US depends on Kurds once more in Raqqa offensive</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/11/us-depends-on-kurds-once-more-in-raqqa-offensive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2016 15:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the battle to liberate Mosul gathers steam, the US-led coalition facilitated plans for the liberation of Raqqa from the Islamic State (IS) with the launch of Operation Wrath of the Euphrates. However, Syria is no Iraq, and the Raqqa offensive adds to the already complex Syrian landscape. As the operation began, the US-led coalition [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>New ceasefire plan and Kurdish angle in any Syrian settlement</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/09/new-ceasefire-plan-and-kurdish-angle-in-any-syrian-settlement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2016 00:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest Syrian ceasefire plan between the United States (US) and Russia that was hoped to form the foundations for an elusive peace deal came to an abrubt and controversial end. Much like previous ceasefires, the latest planquickly unravelled as the regime&#8217;s forces and the rebel groups violated the agreements. Consequently, any peace plan excluding [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Turkish intervention curtail growing standing of Syrian Kurds?</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/09/can-turkish-intervention-curtail-growing-standing-of-syrian-kurds/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/09/can-turkish-intervention-curtail-growing-standing-of-syrian-kurds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The already complicated Syrian landscape was given another dose of fuel as Turkish tanks rolled into Syria overrunning the town of Jarablus under the pretext of fighting the Islamic State (IS). Western powers have long accused Turkey of not doing enough in the fight against IS and in tightening control of its porous border that [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. and Syrian Kurds &#8211; Hand-in-hand on the road to Raqqa</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/06/u-s-and-syrian-kurds-hand-in-hand-on-the-road-to-raqqa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2016 08:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Normally any march towards the de facto Islamic State (IS) capital of Raqqa would be met with jubilation and relief but such is the sensitive political picture in Syria that even the long hoped for liberation of Raqqa is shrouded in controversy. The U.S. spent millions on training so-called moderate Arab opposition forces only to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>As Turkey frantically jockeys to tarnish Syrian Kurds, can the U.S. afford to abandon the Kurds?</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/02/as-turkey-frantically-jockeys-to-tarnish-syrian-kurds-can-the-u-s-afford-to-abandon-the-kurds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2016 14:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Kurdish-led forces were rejoicing the capture of the strategically important town of al-Shadadi from the Islamic State (IS), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on a frantic mission to pressure Washington to abandon support for the People&#8217;s Protection Units (YPG) and label the Democratic Union Party (PYD) as terrorists. Erdogan’s call to Barrack Obama [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Kurds omitted from Geneva III as US and Russian jockey to build bases in Syrian Kurdish territory</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/01/kurds-omitted-from-geneva-iii-as-us-and-russian-jockey-to-build-bases-in-syrian-kurdish-territory/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/01/kurds-omitted-from-geneva-iii-as-us-and-russian-jockey-to-build-bases-in-syrian-kurdish-territory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2016 00:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Syrian war enters its 6th year, months of preparation to cultivate another round of negotiations between Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian opposition could still unravel. Just days before the talks were due to commence, there is fervent debate on who should attend the talks as well as various other pre-conditions still been set. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkish red lines on Rojava will not hold sway</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2015/07/turkish-red-lines-on-rojava-will-not-hold-sway/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2015/07/turkish-red-lines-on-rojava-will-not-hold-sway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2015 00:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The gains by the People&#8217;s Protection Units (YPG) in recent weeks against the Islamic State (IS) including the capture of the strategically important border town of Tel Abyad was hailed by the US-led coalition but was viewed with alarm and suspicion in Ankara. In fact such gains have led to persistent rumors of imminent Turkish [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Kobane massacre shows that double-standards to Syrian Kurdish forces must end</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2015/06/kobane-massacre-shows-that-double-standards-to-syrian-kurdish-forces-must-end/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2015/06/kobane-massacre-shows-that-double-standards-to-syrian-kurdish-forces-must-end/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2015 00:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bashdar.co.uk/?p=733</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the Syrian Kurdish People&#8217;s Protection Units (YPG) forces were celebrating rapid gains against the Islamic State (IS) in the strategically important border town of Tel Abyad and then Ayn Issa, just 50 km from the self-declared IS capital of Raqqa, IS committed one of their worst massacres to date in Kobane. Disguised as YPG [&#8230;]]]></description>
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