pikachu wrote:Seems strange that ISIS is having so much trouble there. The group was doing decently well on other fronts,
It seems they may have spread themselves a little thin in order to take both Tadmur & Ramadi.
pikachu wrote:and since Tell Abyad is pretty important to them, you'd think that they would throw in a lot of forces to defend it.
They will either throw in a lot of resources to defend it, or they'll possibly hit the Kurds elsewhere to distract them.
pikachu wrote:Let's see what happens. Part of the problem perhaps is that between ISIL and Kurds, everyone seems to prefer the Kurds.
Perhaps people external to the conflict. Syrian Arab Muslims certainly do not prefer them.
pikachu wrote:Well, except Turkey. We all know who they prefer.
Turkey prefer not to empower Kurds because they have been suffering a decades long terrorism campaign by Kurdish separatists.
Turkey do not prefer IS, they are far more closely aligned ideologically with FSA, but FSA are almost non-existent now, so they know IS are the only force that will contain the Kurds' ambitions.