10-22-2019, 03:42 PM
** 22-Oct-2019 World View: Russia-Turkey deal in Syria
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Russia's president Vladimir Putin and Turkey's president Recep Tayip
Erdogan, met in Sochi on Tuesday, and after six hours hammered out an
agreement setting up a buffer zone in northern Syria, 120 km long and
32 km deep.
Both Turkey and Russia will patrol the buffer zone, and require what
Erdogan calls "YPG terrorists," referring to the Kurdish People's
Protection Units (YPG), which is thought to be allied with the
terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The PKK have conducted
nurmerous bombings and terrorist acts within Turkey, and have
conducted a 30-year insurgency.
Turkey's incursion into Syria will not go any further. The remaining
parts of the buffer zone will be patrolled by Russian military police
and Syrian border patrols.
One thing that isn't clear to me is what the Arabs in the Syrian
National Army (SNA) that have been cooperating with Turkey are going
to do. It's these Arabs who have been massacring the Kurds, and now
they'll have to be brought under control by either Turkey or Russia or
Syria or all of them.
The ceasefire will be extended another 150 hours, to give the YPG time
to evacuate the region.
Erdogan has said that, in the future, 1-2 million Syrian refugees,
among the 3.5 million that Turkey has been hosting, will be moved into
the buffer zone.
Some American politicians are expressing alarm over the rise in
influence of Russia. This is fine with me, as I explained in my
article a couple of days ago. China is our enemy, not Russia. And if
Russia is taking over the job of protecting the Kurds from the Turks,
then America has one less headache and Russia has one more.
** 18-Oct-19 World View -- Generational analysis of Turkey-Syria war and ceasefire agreement
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/x...tm#e191018
---- Sources:
-- Russia, Turkey Decide On Joint Syria Patrols After Putin-Erdogan
Meeting
https://www.rferl.org/a/turkey-s-erdogan...29111.html
(RFERL, 22-Oct-2019)
-- Russia, Turkey seal power in northeast Syria with accord
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/world...l-power-in
(AP, 22-Oct-2019)
- Erdogan and Putin shake hands in Sochi on Tuesday
Guest Wrote:> The Russian media has been going wild saying how America abandoned
> their posts and the Russia have moved in and taken over. They are
> smirking and laughing like they defeated America in battle.
> The one time Russian troops did clash with Americans in Syria they
> got ripped to pieces. The Russians had hundreds of their soldiers
> killed and the Americans didn't even get wounded.
> It's also interesting how the Russian media gloated about finding
> fresh Krispy Kreme dounts, gluten free noodles, Coke and Pepsi,
> and a variety of expensive food products in the abandoned
> base. They are trying to portray American troops as pansies. It
> seems to be backfiring. Many in Russia are impressed at how well
> taken care of US troops are and how well equipped the small base
> is. (Tents with A/C, video game consoles, comfortable bedding,
> etc.) American soldiers have top notch equipment, vehicles, kit,
> and food, and now everyone knows it.
> The Russians are a bunch petty and vindictive thug losers ruled by
> a deceitful goat.
Russia's president Vladimir Putin and Turkey's president Recep Tayip
Erdogan, met in Sochi on Tuesday, and after six hours hammered out an
agreement setting up a buffer zone in northern Syria, 120 km long and
32 km deep.
Both Turkey and Russia will patrol the buffer zone, and require what
Erdogan calls "YPG terrorists," referring to the Kurdish People's
Protection Units (YPG), which is thought to be allied with the
terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The PKK have conducted
nurmerous bombings and terrorist acts within Turkey, and have
conducted a 30-year insurgency.
Turkey's incursion into Syria will not go any further. The remaining
parts of the buffer zone will be patrolled by Russian military police
and Syrian border patrols.
One thing that isn't clear to me is what the Arabs in the Syrian
National Army (SNA) that have been cooperating with Turkey are going
to do. It's these Arabs who have been massacring the Kurds, and now
they'll have to be brought under control by either Turkey or Russia or
Syria or all of them.
The ceasefire will be extended another 150 hours, to give the YPG time
to evacuate the region.
Erdogan has said that, in the future, 1-2 million Syrian refugees,
among the 3.5 million that Turkey has been hosting, will be moved into
the buffer zone.
Some American politicians are expressing alarm over the rise in
influence of Russia. This is fine with me, as I explained in my
article a couple of days ago. China is our enemy, not Russia. And if
Russia is taking over the job of protecting the Kurds from the Turks,
then America has one less headache and Russia has one more.
** 18-Oct-19 World View -- Generational analysis of Turkey-Syria war and ceasefire agreement
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/x...tm#e191018
---- Sources:
-- Russia, Turkey Decide On Joint Syria Patrols After Putin-Erdogan
Meeting
https://www.rferl.org/a/turkey-s-erdogan...29111.html
(RFERL, 22-Oct-2019)
-- Russia, Turkey seal power in northeast Syria with accord
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/world...l-power-in
(AP, 22-Oct-2019)
