How NATO empowered Turkey’s Arab proxies to commit human rights abuses
Turkey’s military is not unique in using proxies, the Iranians and Saudis have used them in Yemen, and different militia groups have operated in Iraq and elsewhere.
Smoke rises over the Syrian town of Ras al Ain, as seen from the Turkish border town of Ceylanpinar, in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, October 16, 2019(photo credit: REUTERS/MURAD SEZER)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN