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Kurds agree to Russian-brokered plan to allow Assad into their territory
Telegraph by Yahoo ^ | October 14, 2019

Posted on 10/13/2019 8:18:51 PM PDT by NorseViking

The West’s Kurdish allies on Sunday night announced they had agreed to a Russian-brokered deal to allow the Assad regime into their territory in a bid to spare their cities from a Turkish assault after they were abandoned by Donald Trump.

Hours after the US said it was withdrawing all of its troops from northern Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said it had reached an agreement to allow Bashar al-Assad’s troops into their territory.

“If we have to choose between compromises and the genocide of our people, we will surely choose life for our people,” said Mazloum Kobani Abdi, the commander of the SDF.

It was not immediately clear if the agreement with Assad would bring a halt to the Turkish offensive or if the Turkish military and its Syrian rebel allies would continue to advance.

But the deal appeared to strike a death knell for Kurdish hopes of maintaining autonomy from Damascus in their own semi-state in northeast Syria.

The announcement marked a stunning fall for the SDF, who just a week ago could count on the support of the US military in deterring Turkey from taking action.

That security came to an end last Sunday night when Mr Trump told Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s president, the US would not interfere in a Turkish attack on northeast Syria.

“The betrayal process is officially completed," an SDF official said of the US withdrawal.

Turkish warplanes thundered into Syrian airspace while Turkish-backed rebel forces advanced against the SDF on the ground and on Sunday night Kurdish commanders decided they had to strike a deal to prevent annihilation.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Russia; Syria
KEYWORDS: norsetroll; putinsbuttboys; russiasucks
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To: MacNaughton

The big winner will be the Syrian People. Now, the US needs to vacate the terrorist training camp at Al Tanf


21 posted on 10/13/2019 10:07:45 PM PDT by sockmonkey (I am an America First, not Israel First FReeper.)
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To: DarthVader
Every one in the Syrian theater knew this before the Coalition went into Syria....including the Kurdish Leadership....
22 posted on 10/13/2019 10:58:45 PM PDT by caww
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To: NorseViking

No surprise. The PKK has always preferred communists


23 posted on 10/13/2019 11:37:33 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: NorseViking

The enemy of our enemy is our friend.


24 posted on 10/14/2019 5:04:16 AM PDT by WellyP (question!)
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To: NorseViking

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.


25 posted on 10/14/2019 5:06:14 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: House Atreides

I am reasonably sure that Russia has been given the “go-ahead” by State” to do what they need to do to southern Turkey! Russia is no WAY OVER EXTENDED!!!


26 posted on 10/14/2019 5:06:42 AM PDT by WellyP (question!)
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To: NorseViking

First Putin arms the Turks. Now he’s going to fight them?


27 posted on 10/14/2019 5:20:27 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: NorseViking

The Kurds will learn that Assad and the Russians are like the U.S. - friends of convenience, that is friends to the Kurds while it is convenient to Assad and/or Russia, but that will end once being friends to the Kurds is no longer needed. The Kurds will get “protection” from Assad, until Turkey is out of the picture in Syria and Assad can go back to oppressing them on his side of the border.

The winners among the Kurds will be the most radical elements, as more moderate leaders are disgraced.

The PKK did not come out of a vacuum of true grievances.


28 posted on 10/14/2019 8:23:42 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: Wuli

Go back to oppress them? When were they oppressed?


29 posted on 10/14/2019 8:27:26 AM PDT by NorseViking
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To: NorseViking

“Go back to oppress them? When were they oppressed?”

Ask a Kurd if you need to. Otherwise don’t ask about what is obvious to a Kurd.


30 posted on 10/14/2019 8:30:09 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: NorseViking
after they were abandoned by Donald Trump.

editorialize much? It's not like the Kurds are in Northern Maine or something.

31 posted on 10/14/2019 8:31:53 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: DarthVader
Russia's not in NATO. It's in a better more independent position to deal with Turkey forcefully.

I'm not all that sad about ISIS and other terrorists at the mercy of Iranian, Russian, and Syrian militaries. It's beginning to sound like the SDF hasn't been real eager to give up its financial support and weaponry which the US gave them.

32 posted on 10/14/2019 8:36:01 AM PDT by grania ("We're all just pawns in their game")
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To: grania

That’s true on all accounts.


33 posted on 10/14/2019 8:43:08 AM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: NorseViking

Well we were replaced after a long agonizing few hours..

This path could have happened half a trillion dollars ago with the same outcome... The people running the deep state won’t have places to sell their speeches now that the suckers know they can’t buy American blood anymore.


34 posted on 10/14/2019 8:54:40 AM PDT by GOPJ (Elizabeth Warren Is Jussie Smollett - - Kevin D. Williamson)
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