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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Why Russia and Turkey failed to compromise on embattled Idlib in Syria
2019-08-26
[Rudaw] The Syrian regime's latest offensive into Idlib has put unprecedented pressure on the Ottoman Turkish army's southernmost observation posts in the province. This, coupled with The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...Qatar's satrapy in Asia Minor...
’s failure to contain the jihadist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
(HTS) group that rules Idlib, may well prove to be the beginning of the end for Turkey's presence in that strategically-important northwestern province.
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  Local thugs have a gang war. Keep away from windows and enjoy the show.
Posted by: Mercutio   2019-08-26 12:19  

#2  Send Count Vronsky and other volunteers to liberate th'Assyrian suffering beneath the Turkish yoke.

And find a Tchaikovsky March to accompany them.
Posted by: Lex   2019-08-26 07:29  

#1  or more simply,

neither Russian nor Turkey trusts each other and because neither keeps its word
Posted by: lord garth   2019-08-26 02:30  

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