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2019-01-06 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Syrian Kurds seek deal with government regardless of US pullout

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Posted by Fred 2019-01-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 With the U.S. abandonment this is the only chance they have. Make a deal with Assad and let his army secure the border with the reliable Russians supporting the Syrian Army against the Turks. Kurdish forces to serve by controlling their areas and supporting the Syrian Arabs against the Turks and Persians. Maybe the U.S. Can support them from Iraq via the Kurdish government there.

Posted by Neville Glolutch8436 2019-01-06 12:36|| 2019-01-06 12:36|| Front Page Top

#2 With the U.S. abandonment............

Did I missed the global adoption agency piece ?

Posted by Besoeker 2019-01-06 12:39|| 2019-01-06 12:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Assad. and the Alaiwites he represents, have an incentive to ally with the Kurds against everybody else -- particularly the Ottoman Turks to the North and the Persian (Theocratic) Empire to the East. The " U.S. abandonment " might be necessary to bring the Kurds back to a reality where outsiders are not going to declare war on Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran to give them a homeland.

Posted by magpie 2019-01-06 13:03|| 2019-01-06 13:03|| Front Page Top

#4 The Persian empire? Since when has President Assad stood against Iran, magpie?

Posted by trailing wife 2019-01-06 15:13|| 2019-01-06 15:13|| Front Page Top

#5 IMO, if the Erdogan and his neo-Ottoman Empire wasn't so staunchly Sunni the Assad's, Alaiwites and schismatic Shia that they are, would have been far more neutral. As it is the Iranians may be "the only game in Town" for many of Syria's territorial ambitions. Personal survival, increased control of Lebanon, etc.

Posted by magpie 2019-01-06 20:23|| 2019-01-06 20:23|| Front Page Top

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