US calls out Turkey's Syrian proxies for 'extensive human rights abuses' - opinion
BEHIND THE LINES: There are no independent enclaves remaining in Syria today. Everyone is working for someone else. In the case of northwest Syria, the Islamist factions that rule work for Turkey.
A TURKISH soldier waves a flag on Mount Barsaya, northeast of Afrin, Syria, in January 2018.(photo credit: Khalil Ashawi/Reuters)ByJONATHAN SPYER