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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Turkey wants to turn Nusra into Syrian political group: opposition official
2019-02-09
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor....
wants to turn Nusra Front (a terrorist group banned in Russia) into a political force similar to the Hezbollah movement in Leb, a source in the Syrian Negotiation Commission (SNC) has told Sputnik.

"Turkey is trying to handle the Nusra matter in Syria’s north, and they [the Turks] want to make this group a political group, like Hezbollah in Leb", the source said.

The Ottoman Turkish government hasn’t yet confirmed the information.

The source in the Syrian Negotiation Commission (SNC) has also stated that Turkey wants to involve the Nusra Front terrorist group (banned in Russia) in a new army in the north of Syria, where Ankara wants to set up a safe zone.

"Under the Ottoman Turkish plan, Nusra will be involved in the national army in the north, which Turkey is trying to build now", the source said.

According to the source, the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, which unites various opposition forces, and the SNC were both "working to enhance the Ottoman Turkish agenda in the north ‐ to create a safe zone 32 kilometres [19.8 miles] deep, taking the territory of 460 square kilometres [178 square miles]".

"There are meetings between the Coalition and Nusra Front to agree upon arrangements for the merger and formation of a new army in the Syrian north", the source stressed.

The source has also commented on the United States’ stance regarding the plan.

"The US said we have no problem with any Ottoman Turkish project in Syria’s north as long it takes our allies’ [the Kurds’] interests into account", the source said.

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