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Source: http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/turkey-and-the-battle-for-kobane
Turkey Wants to Oust Assad
(Washington Institute for Near East Policy) Soner Cagaptay - Turkey has signaled repeatedly that it is more strongly committed to ousting Assad than to defeating ISIS. Hence, before it will take concrete steps to roll back ISIS or help defend Kurdish-controlled areas, Ankara will expect a plan from Washington to weaken the Assad regime - namely, one that involves boosting support to the non-ISIS elements of the Syrian opposition. It will also expect the Syrian Kurds to commit to fighting the regime. The writer is director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute.