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2017-10-08 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Turkey starting 'serious operation' in Syria's Idlib says Erdogan

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Posted by trailing wife 2017-10-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
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#1 This has to do with a valley and a pass that communicates between Turkey and Syria. I do not know the names. But given the geography it is high-prize strategic. Wish I could be more specific. It also involves the Syrian Kurds, who are just east of it. Again, wish I could be more specific. A relief or contour map of the area would show the geography = strat-comms.

Turkey and Russia agreeing on partitioning Syria. USA and Russia have been doing parallel in re Syria. Those talks should be formalized. Russia has strategic interests with Turkey in the area but not globally, where she does have strategic interests with USA. Ergo, to Russia, USA is a far more valuable strategic partner than Turkey ever can be, especially with Turkey decimating her military command structures.

With Luck, all four Kurd groups, or at least three of them, sit with the big boys (USA, Russia and India) to draw the sovereignty boundaries in MENA.

Posted by TopRev 2017-10-08 14:06|| 2017-10-08 14:06|| Front Page Top

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