Moscow has also called on Turkey to hand over to Assad areas in northern Syria, most notably Afrin, that Turkey captured from the YPG. This elicited an angry response from Erdogan, who said Turkey alone would make that decision.
The Turkey that has been flapping his wings and craping all over everyone in sight is just beginning to realize the reality of his situation when dealing with his new Russian "friend".
This is an excellent article. I believe it is very accurate and it is well worth the time to read it.
So he Turks do not want to be Russian canon fodder when he claims ownership of the PLO to protest Israel for his own aggrandisement?
This guy is the dupe at the table and only one not to figure
So he Turks do not want to be Russian canon fodder when he claims ownership of the PLO to protest Israel for his own aggrandisement?
This guy is the dupe at the table and only one not to figure
Why does this writer put “ terrorist groups” in quote marks.
Their presence in Idlib is a fact. That they are terrorists is a fact.
HTS and Hurras al Deen = al Nusra = al Qaeda in Syria
Erdogan “ promised” to integrate these extremists into its pet FSA and pull them back into Turkey.
And has failed.
And then in Idlib there are the estimated 12,000+ foreign fighters including uighurs, and muslim extremists from the former Soviet Republics, now fighting as IS) iwith whom Russia refuses ( rightly) to negotiate a “ ceasefire”. To avoid them being targeted, Turkey will have to cooperate in exfiltrating these terrorists out of Syria ( Libya?) but who wants them?
One local analyst believes Putin has given Turkey more time but this increases the danger of the CW false flag that has always been successfully used by the terrorists to get NATO to attack Assad
As Russia sees it, some extremists just need killing. I wish we just let them clean up. These people are NEVER going to govern Syria or cooperate with any secular govt. We need to get real. All they are for our policy is spoilers who brutalize anyone they control.
These groups in Idlib were bolstered when the Syrians and Russian “ reconciliation center” allowed them to evacuate to get them out of other cities, where they refused to disarm and join national or local Syrian organized security. Ask the locals how life is now they are gone.