The Biden administration is trying to get Turkey to stop a ground offensive against Kurdish forces in Syria.
Turkey blamed the U.S. and its Kurdish allies in Syria for a bombing in Istanbul that killed six people.
The initial U.S. response to the Turkish bombardment was criticized for being too timid. The U.S. started speaking more forcefully after Erdogan refused to back down.
Lloyd Austin spoke to his Turkish counterpart on Wednesday to express strong opposition to Turkey launching a new military operation in northern Syria.
One of the first mentions of the impact of the Turkish strikes on the Kurdish militia was made by John Kirby on Friday.
The security of the world will be affected by how well the United States manages the threat of troops in against America's Kurdish partners.
It's also true for the conflict in Ukraine. When it comes to persuading Turkey to drop its objections to join NATO, the Biden administration is eager for the cooperation of the Turkish leader.
The security implications of giving Turkey free rein in attacks on the Kurds is huge.
The U.S. stopped joint military patrols with the Kurdish forces in northern Syria on Friday as the Kurds focused on defending themselves against Turkish air and ground attacks.
Thousands of Islamic State fighters and their families have been held by the U.S. and the Syrian Kurdish forces since 2015, when the Syrian Kurdish forces began their fight against the Islamic State. The U.S. and Kurds resumed patrols at one of the camps.
According to an expert on Turkey and European security at the National War College, the focus on Ukraine has made the story of the Islamic State forgotten. The Islamic State is sometimes referred to as the "Islamic State".
Taspinar said that an attack by the Islamic State would remind people that we have not defeated the group.
The deaths of tens of thousands of people on both sides of the Turkey-Syria border have been caused by the PKK Kurdish insurgency. There have been reports of attacks in Turkey.
The Syrian Kurds are praised by the U.S. central command and many in Congress. A Syrian Kurdish deputy commander and two other female fighters were killed in a drone strike blamed on Turkey.
A plan by President Donald Trump to clear U.S. troops out of the way of an expected Turkish attack on the Kurds in Syria was killed by a public outcry.
Joe Biden was one of the people who expressed outrage.
Too many people lost their lives because of the Kurds' help in defeating Isis. President Trump has stopped paying attention to them. Biden decried it at the time.
Even after some Turkish strikes hit near sites that host U.S. forces, the U.S. response is still measured. The State Department and the US Agency for International Development didn't respond to questions about whether the Turkish strikes had hampered aid workers.
Turkey has strong ties to both Russia and the United States and has contributed to NATO allies' efforts against Russia. Helping to mediation between Russia and the United States is also included.
Turkey is trying to use its leverage within the alliance to prevent Sweden and Finn from joining NATO. Turkey wants Sweden to give up Kurdish exiles that it says are linked to the PKK.
According to Turkey's state-run news agency, a member of the PKK was arrested in Istanbul after being extradited from Sweden.
Only two of the 30 NATO members have signed off on joining the NATO alliance. The other is expected to do so.
NATO diplomats refrained from publicly confronting Turkey at a gathering of NATO foreign ministers this past week, avoiding giving offense that might further set back the cause of Finns and Swedes joining the alliance.
Turkey's foreign minister told his European counterparts that Turkey had not been appeased when it came to hosting Kurds.
The Turkish people and the Turkish parliament need to be convinced.
The U.S. Secretary of State is expected to discuss Turkey's objections to their NATO accession with the foreign ministers of the two Nordic countries.
According to experts, the Biden administration has a lot of leverage to use in urging the Turkish president to stop the attack on the Kurds. F-16 fighter sales that Turkey wants, but have been opposed by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, are included.
Handling of Turkey's invasion threat is one of three big security risks in the U.S.
Kurds, a stateless people and frequent allies of the U.S. are at risk.
"Especially in the aftermath of Afghanistan, what message are we sending to the Middle East?" asked Henri J. Barkey, an expert on Kurds and Turkey
Is it possible to all allies in general? Barkey wanted to know.
Kurds lost out on a state of their own as the U.S. and other powers carved up the remnants of the Turkish Ottoman Empire.
Saddam Hussein and other regional leaders used poison gas and other methods to suppress the Kurds. After the Gulf War, the U.S. encouraged popular uprisings but stood by as Kurds were massacred.
The al-Hol camp, which holds thousands of family members of Islamic State fighters, was the site of one of the Turkish airstrikes that killed five guards.
The family of a Kurdish guard put his photo on his grave.
His brother said that they were proud. He defended his land against the invaders.
That's right.
This report was contributed to by Bassem Mroue and Matthew Lee in Lebanon.
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