Mecid Mohamed https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/mecid-mohamed/rss en Religious & Ethnic Groups Fri, 23 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Mecid Mohamed https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2015/10/23/without-committed-air-support-kurdish-forces-cannot-go-on-the-offensive-against-isis https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2015/10/23/without-committed-air-support-kurdish-forces-cannot-go-on-the-offensive-against-isis If the international community truly wants the YPG to succeed, they need to steadily supply them with air support, argues Mecid Mohamed. This would allow Kurdish forces to pursue the same type of offensive strategy in Hasaka that they did with great success in Tel Abyad and Tel Timr earlier this year, where they defeated ISIS in less than two months.