and Syria—cannot be "destroyed"
from the air. At a certain point, forces on the ground will have to
enter and replace the I.S. power. It is not yet clear who is to play
this role—especially in the Islamic State's heartland of Raqqa province
in Syria.

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Turkey and Europe have witnessed violent protests of the Kurds who,
according to Turkish and Western media, are extremely concerned about
the activities of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan in Syria. The West had
been pedaling the creation of the Kurdish state with a view to finally
solve the problem of Bashar al-Assad. Yet, Recep Erdogan stood on the
way. The Turkish PM is facing a dilemma: either to preserve the
integrity of the state or ruin relations with ISIL.

The Kurdish town of Kobane
in western Syria is under siege by the IslamicState. A U.S.-led coalition has
hit at the jihadists sieging Kobane—with 13 strikes on Wednesday and Thursday—but bombs
alone may not suffice. It is the Turkish military, whose tanks are currently
sitting on the Syrian border, that may be in the best position to save stave
off a mass slaughter. But the Turks refuse to join the fight, even though the
Turkish Parliament voted on Oct. 2 to deploy the Turkish army to fight in Iraq
and Syria, and to allow foreign troops on Turkish soil. A week after the vote, Turkey has not
participated in any
U.S.-led operations against the Islamic State.

Friday, October 10, 2014

The US President Barrack Obama admitted
during a CBS interview that the United States underestimated the
opportunity that a war-torn Syria would provide for the comeback of
extremist militant groups. He defined Iraq and