Turkey moves to isolate the Kurds in Syria, and prepares a way for new attacks - analysis
The main group in Ankara's cross-hairs is the Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF, which was formed in 2015 with US backing.
Fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) attend a joint military exercise with forces of the US in the countryside of the town of al-Malikiya (Derik in Kurdish) in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province on September 7, 2022.(photo credit: DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images)Updated: