“Idlib falls within a de-escalation zone laid out in a deal between Turkey and Russia in late 2018.”
Idlib is part of Syria—not Turkey or Russia.
Mostly that is certainly true. But it’s kind of pathetic how you make Assad sound like a warrior of God or an archangel :-)
I wonder how many American soldiers that were killed with money that assad put towards terrorism during the Iraqi occupation were Christian.
Of course it is so much better to have him in power for Christians than it is to have most others and especially isis but it’s kind of ridiculous the way you make it sound like I sound is a crusader :-) he certainly is not.
And if a good enough reas came along he would certainly slaughter Christians if need be.
He certainly would kill a whole bunch of Jews if he had the chance
” who protect Christians.”
Sort of. But not actually.
“Assad and Al-Sisi are the two secular rulers in the Middle East who protect Christians.”
Bummer that Assad is, by far, the BEST PERSON to protect Christians in Syria, given his overall record - but all one has to do is look at the alternatives in that country, and that part of the world.
Egypt had been discussed a few years ago, as a possible peace-keeping force in a Post Civil War Syria.
Their Military is Arabic-speaking, and large enough to be feasible (if International donors pay the costs).
Egypt has a history, within the lifetimes of people in both countries, of participation in the “Pan-Arab” or “Arab Nationalism” (under Nasser) philosophy that the Syrian Ba’ath Party is still officially tied to. So they might be the most acceptable option to the Assad Regime.
This marks an interesting shift from the clearer Sunni/Shia divide of past decades, when Egypt and to a lesser degree the more secular Turkey, were viewed as the main Army of the Sunnis.
Now there seems to be a increasing confrontation within the Sunni side, between a now much less secular neo-Ottoman Turkey (and Qatar), supporting islamist revolutionary movements in the region (like ISIS and the Muslim Brotherhood), and an Egyptian/Saudi alliance, defending the old regimes.
Hostilities are escalating between Egypt and Turkey in Libya. Egypt engaging in Syria would be a pretty major escalation of the conflict between those two large Sunni armies.
Egyptian peace keepers might allow for a face-saving Iranian withdrawal from Syria, without a Turkish takeover - but it would be a pretty huge stretch for Egypt. Some major bill payers would need to be committed to make it succeed.
Egypt vs Erdogan