Why Are U.S. Allies Killing Each Other In Syria?
The U.S. partners with both Turkey and the Syrian Kurdish group that the Turkish are attacking.
Turkey's military offensive in northwest Syria, dubbed "Operation Olive Branch," has alarmed several countries and led to an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council. It pits U.S. ally and NATO member Turkey against a Kurdish fighting force armed and trained by the United States as part of the fight to defeat ISIS in Syria.
The fighting has thrown a spotlight on the confusing and at times conflicting alliances and goals in the U.S.-led anti-ISIS coalition.
It could Syrian Kurdish fighters in four days in the Afrin region. The United Nations says the .
