@canales canales schrieb:Es ging um den IS, dass andere Rebellengruppen unterstützt wurden ist ja nicht die Frage...es ging um eine direkte Unterstützung des IS über die Türkei und das bezweifle ich.
Warum meinst du wurden diese Grenzorte und Durchgangsorte zuvor von Rebellen eingenommen?
Weil es wichtige Versorgungsverbindungen sind. Sowohl für Regime wie für Rebellen, deshalb sind sie Verbindungspunkte zu Rebellenhochburgen und strategisch wichtig,
ob Nusra oder IS, beiden gehören die Versorgungswege gekappt, sind beide auch nicht nur zerstritten, sondern auch schwer verkoppelt, da sind keine Ideologieunterschiede, nur harschere Sharia bei IS, ansonsten gehts nur um Machtanspruch und Gebietsteilung, bei Erdölgebieten haben Nusra als Erstes den kürzeren gezogen,
man soll wirklich nichts beschönigen,
Nochmal zum Azaz Korridor..und Relevanz mit IS-Nachschub zu Jarabulus, und Raqqa.
For some time, Syrian rebels have been struggling to hold onto a narrow but crucial strip of territory between the northern border town of Azaz and the contested city of Aleppo. This corridor is the lifeline for antiregime forces in the north because it is their land bridge to Turkey. Yet it now faces imminent threats on several fronts: from the east by the Islamic State (IS), from the west by the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), and from the south by the Syrian army and its allies.
In fact, the Azaz corridor has become the epicenter of the war, with hostilities intensifying throughout the area over the past two weeks. Everything seems to indicate that a Kurdish offensive supported by Russian aviation is underway to the west, coordinated with a developing campaign by the Syrian army and proxy militias on the outskirts of Aleppo. Meanwhile, Russia is apparently not taking action against the IS forces pushing into the area from the north. And the prospect of direct Turkish intervention looms over the fighting, especially if the corridor should fall.
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In the northern part of the Azaz corridor, opposition between Kurds and Turkmens is the main basis of conflict. The strong Turkish support to Turkmen rebels -- whether in independent militias or as part of JAN and Ahrar al-Sham -- is lending an international dimension to the sectarian war.
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The Azaz corridor may or may not fall, but the bigger U.S.-Turkish goal remains securing the Marea-Jarabulus corridor from IS, and any future Azaz-Jarabulus corridor if Azaz falls to the group. In other words, if the corridor is overrun, broader US-Turkish policy in this area (backed by allies from Incirlik) would essentially become two steps forward, one step back.
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-struggle-for-azaz-corridor-could-spur-a-turkish-intervention