Turkey presenting itself as alternative

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Turkey and Syrian groups aligned with it are presenting themselves as the better alternative in the fight against the ISIS group, Al Arabiya’s military and security expert Riad Kahwaji says.   #Turkey #Syria

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00:00So, I just want to pick up on Kobani, which you mentioned. It was a scene of a major battle

00:05between Kurdish forces and ISIS at the height of its power back in 2014. What could be different

00:12this time?

00:14Well, this time Turkey, along with the Syrian factions, are presenting themselves as the

00:21best option to confront ISIS, that they are the ones who are going to be keeping the peace

00:27in that area, that they will not be allowing ISIS or any of these Islamist factions from

00:34operating. They're offering also to take charge of the two big holdouts, these major prisons

00:42that are concentration areas for the ISIS families, ISIS members that are in the Kurdish

00:50areas, that they will also be in charge of this, and they're demanding that the Kurdish

00:58groups be disarmed, or even integrated within the new Syrian army that they've announced

01:08that is going to be in the process of being formed.

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