No one knows. Trumps is wild card in terms of FP. He often gave contradictory statments, one day he's for NFZ in Syria, tomorow he's pro-Assad. One day he wants to nuke ISIS, tomorow he's saying how US shouldnt be fighting in Mosul/Iraq altogether. And so on...
Maybe of greater relevance are...
Probably. I didnt buy this story about Erdogan-Putin grand deal, realigment... call it whatever, from the start.. Cause from what I can see, there almost nothing to realign. Russian & Turkey interests in Syria are so far apart I dont see how they can agree on anything substantial or longterm.
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Timely & very insightful piece by Akın Ünver
POLITICS, POPULATION, AND HYDROCARBONS: PREPARING FOR MOSUL’S AFTERMATH
http://warontherocks.com/2016/10/politics-population-and-hydrocarbons-preparing-for-mosuls-aftermath/
Its not that big of a city. If this and surrainding defense lines fall, Tal Rifaat is gone.
Good tranch network can stop or dalay enemy progress, for months and more. Just look at rebels in Eastern Ghouta, suroanded from all sides, pounded by air and ground for years now.... and still stands...
keep lying to yourself. You couldnt take a village w/o american & coalition airsupport.
PMF? give me a break. Bunch of secterian savages just like ISIS.
Such training camps already exist.
Im not sure about punny. Tal Rifaat as important to PKK as Manbij is for exmpl. Dislodging determinated enemy from well dug up and fortified position isnt easy.