Turkey is the only reason we haven’t given the “ok” to the formation of a Kurdistan. The upper hand that they held with previous presidents has flipped. Trump, you magnificent bastard, you’ve done it again!
That's because the Kurds want an independent Kurdistan to extend far beyond Syria's borders. The Kurds live in and would claim parts of not only Syria, but also Iraq, Turkey, and Iran, from the Mediterranean to the Caspian Sea.
That's a lot of governments losing land, and a lot of oil changing ownership. It's also another sect of Islam vying with the others for supremacy in the ME. The current rulers will not be in favor of that.
Yes.