These are the major events from March 29, 2017 in the theaters and from the trans-national groups that ISW monitors: Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt, Russia, Ukraine, and ISIS.
SYRIA: Turkey is posturing to gain American support to consolidate its safe zone in northern Syria. Turkey announced the “successful” end of Operations Euphrates Shield in northern Aleppo Province. The announcement comes ahead of a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson who emphasized the need for the U.S. and its allies to form “interim zones of stability” in Syria during the Anti-ISIS Summit on 22 – 23 MAR. The consolidation of …read more
Source: Institute for the Study of War