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Preliminary reading of Moscow Agreement: gains, losses and messages
 [NPASYRIA] The ceasefire agreement between Russia and ...Qatar's satrapy in Asia Minor... in Idlib, north-west of Syria, has ended the expiry of the The Syrian opposition has placed its hopes on his red line, that is, the deadline granted to the regime forces to withdraw from Saraqib, Maarat al-Numan, and dozens of other villages. For a moment, and in addition to accepting the new reality, it seemed that his retreat from what he had threatened, would be an insult to him and to his country, but the agreement which was announced by the officials of the two countries in a presser, included surprising items which were not taken into account. Given the size of Erdogan's threats and the rush of his forces despite the shocking losses, the expectations were that there must be joint patrols on Aleppo-Damascus M5 highway, which are now under the Syrian regime’s control, and not Aleppo-Lattakia M4 highway, which passes through the remaining depth in the areas of the Syrian opposition and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else Posted by: Fred 2020-03-08 |
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