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HomeAnalyticsIs Pentagon's Air Base in Kobani an Alternative for Turkey's Incirlik?

Is Pentagon’s Air Base in Kobani an Alternative for Turkey’s Incirlik?

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The Pentagon appears to have played it safe and set up a military base in the Kurdish-controlled area of northern Syria as a safeguard in case Turkey prevents the United States from using Incirlik while the operation aimed at pushing Daesh out of Raqqa advances, Professor Celalettin Yavuz reporters.
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The military offensive in Raqqa has been a source of contention between the United States and Turkey since the two NATO allies do not see eye to eye on the exact composition of the force deployed to free Daesh’s last major urban stronghold. Washington has indicated that the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) will lead the campaign to encircle and recapture the capital of Daesh’s caliphate.

Although Ankara is fiercely opposed to this since it views the Kurds as a destabilizing force in the region and at home, its ability to do something about it is limited, but not entirely non-existent. This is what could have to an extent prompted the Pentagon to set up an air base near Kobani, a Kurdish-controlled city located approximately 90 miles away from Raqqa, last year. The airstrip was recently

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“The Obama administration refused to carry out a joint operation in Raqqa with Turkey. It has become clear that the Trump administration has no wish to do this either. The Americans intend to enter Raqqa with Kurdish forces. The United States has likely been engaged in infrastructure activities in Kobani in case Ankara suddenly prohibits the US from using Incirlik during the Raqqa operation,” Professor Yavuz explained. “In other words, both the United States and Turkey have built military facilities in northern Syria, assuming that they would have to carry out future counterterrorism operations without assistance from each other.”

The air base near Kobani is instrumental in reaching Washington’s stated priority goals in Syria. However, it is the Incirlik air base in Turkey that is key to the Pentagon’s anti-Daesh efforts in both Iraq and Syria.

Professor Yavuz, a defense analyst who served as a foreign policy and security adviser to the chairman of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), suggested that this state of affairs is unlikely to change regardless of current disagreements, meaning that military installations in Kobani could not replace Incirlik.

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“Will [the US Air Force base in Kobani] become an alternative to Turkey’s Incirlik? This is an unlikely scenario in the long-term,” the analyst said.

Meanwhile, Turkey is reportedly engaged in setting up bases near the Syrian city of Jarabulus, the first target of its Operation Euphrates Shield.

“It should be noted that these are not permanent military installations, but temporary facilities established to provide logistical support to the Turkish military deployed to the region to carry out counterterrorism operations in Syria,” Professor Yavuz said.

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