Turkey's Iraqi-Syrian Turkmen policy will backfire

Using Turkmen minorities in Iraq and Syria for Turkey’s policy goals will leave a legacy of suspicion

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  • Shia Turkmen in Iraq
  • Sunni Turkmen in Syria
  • Failed ethnic gambit in Iraq
  • Iraqi Turkmen Front
  • Engagement with KRG
  • Turkmen militia
  • Failed ethnic gambit in Syria
  • Turkmen militias
  • Confrontation with Moscow
  • Northern offensive
  • Turkmen join Kurds
  • Instruments of Ankara?

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