[NPASYRIA] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
intends to deploy in the southern countryside of Idlib, where 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, formerly al-Nusra
...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ...
Front) is present. Ottoman Turkish-backed informed sources in Idlib said.
The planned deployment will be in the southern countryside of Idlib along the M4 Highway, where the HTS controls the contact lines with the government forces, according to the sources.
However,
man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them...
the HTS has not yet commented on the matter.
| Al Qaeda affiliate to take the Turkish shilling? Why on earth would they do that? |
Turkey’s new attempts over the de-escalation zone and M4 Highway at this time in particular, are nothing but a maneuver by Erdogan’s regime aimed at suggesting that it is one of the outcomes of the Sochi summit, which satisfies Russia, according to the sources.
In late September, the Russian and Ottoman Turkish presidents concluded talks on limiting the resurgence of violence in northwest Syria and the possibility of expanding the sales of Russian air defense systems to Ankara despite US warnings.
Previous statements by leaders of the opposition Syrian National Army (SNA) stated that they will soon deploy in Idlib, after months of talk about the possibility of a merger between the SNA and the HTS.
| Perhaps if they mean to donate SNA men and materiel to HTS, but otherwise I don’t see what Al Nusra would get out of the deal. |
On September 9, five factions of the Ottoman Turkish-backed opposition SNA in northwest Syria announced their merging into a new formation called the Syrian Front for Liberation.
The new formation, which was announced through an official statement, includes the factions of the Sultan Suleiman Shah Division, al-Hamza Division, al-Mu’tasem Division, Suqour al-Sham Division, and the 20th Division.
| It’s Toad The Wet Sprocket time again. |
The sources believes that it is impossible for Russia to accept such solutions that circumvent the terms of bilateral agreements.
Russia calls for the neutralization of the radical and terrorist groups in Idlib, including the HTS. It also calls for the M4 Highway to be under the control of the Syrian government. 
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