Getting rid of Daesh will not end the conflict

With the Sunni-Shiite divide in Iraq deep, and Kurdish independence movement bubbling up, victory there is far off.

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan. Canada has sent forces to Iraq to train Kurdish fighters. The Canadians are foolishly wearing the flag of Kurdistan on their sleeves, argues Scott Taylor.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

September 14, 2016

OTTAWA—It was reported on Sept. 4 that Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies had successfully pushed Daesh evildoers from their last strongholds along the Turkish-Syrian border. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim proudly told the media that the seizure of this 91-kilometre stretch of te...

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