Erdoğan’s claim that his forces are only targeting terrorists is given the lie by the rising toll of civilian deaths and injuries. Erdoğan and Trump are two of a kind: unscrupulous, instinctively authoritarian leaders ever ready to bend the truth. Fears were raised that Isis jihadists held under Kurdish guard might escape. Already there are reports of an Isis prison break in a town under Turkish bombardment and two Isis suicide bombings. The “caliphate” is destroyed, but the jihadists still pose a threat, as a new International Crisis Group study shows.

Source: The Guardian October 13, 2019 05:00 UTC