We are responsible for Syrian crises.

Byline: Mohsin Saleem Ullah

It's easy thousands of miles away to blame Turkey following its recent military attack into Syria, but Ankara has legitimate reasons for its actions. Firstly, to avoid compromising its national security and secondly creating a sustainable solution for the Syrian refugee crises are at stake. Ankara is not the only actor to be held responsible for the mess in Syria. However, considerable mistakes by key stakeholders United States and Brussels have significantly added to the problem. Since Turkey shares a long border with Syria will suffers more from its instability and must legitimately act to secure its territory.

Washington's crucial mistakes in Syria are a result of its failed policies a long time ago; including the Obama administration's decision in 2016 to arm People's Protection Unit members (YPG), which were directly embed with American special forces, was a wrong move. Another Kurdish group, PKK is identical to YPG has been declared as a terrorist organization by the United States, NATO, and European Union. Turkey held the US as its strategic partner, but equipping its major terror threat- YPG was distressing for Turks. US efforts to arm a terrorist organization was not the only mistake to made in Syria. On top of it, the Obama administration's failure to curb bloodshed in the region had been prevented and the situation could have been different if President Obama had intervened in the Syrian crisis. This time it is President Trump, who has failed to avoid escalating tension. His impetuous decisions, lack of coordination with the Pentagon, White House and the State department and uncertain tweets have been once more depicting the global leadership gap in regional and international politics.

Despite European countries had suffered from the flux of refugees to the region, but the EU did not honor its words to help Ankara in its challenge of accepting nearly four million Syrian refugees. These crises have badly struck the Turkish economy and additionally emerging social tensions are pushing public hostilities towards refugees.

For instance, ignoring an impulsive move by US and Brussels, Turkey could have avoided a military operation. However...

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