{"id":133232,"date":"2024-12-04T14:24:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T07:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133232"},"modified":"2024-12-04T14:24:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T07:24:47","slug":"erdogans-risky-play-in-syria-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133232","title":{"rendered":"Erdo\u011fan\u2019s risky play in Syria \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Overall, the front lines of Syria\u2019s civil war have been stagnant since 2020, although there have been fierce episodic clashes. For the past four years, Assad has controlled much of the country and its largest cities; a Turkey-tolerated, HTS-led alliance of mostly Islamist rebels have remained squeezed in an enclave in Idlib and parts of the countryside west of Aleppo, while Turkish troops and Turkish-sponsored militias have been overseeing a strip of what was once Kurdish territory along the border north of Aleppo. And in Syria\u2019s northeast, the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) \u2014 a U.S. ally against the jihadist Islamic State \u2014 have largely been left to their own devices.<\/p>\n<p>The offensive has dramatically shifted all that, but the consequences are difficult to predict. Erdo\u011fan now holds many of the strings, but whether they slip from his hands is another matter. He certainly doesn\u2019t want things to spin out of control and Assad to fall, but that may partly depend on whether HTS keeps to the script, consolidates in Aleppo and focuses on establishing an Islamist-style government there, much as it has in Idlib. If it charges off and pushes south of Hama because Assad\u2019s defenses crumble, then Erdo\u011fan may find he sparked more than he bargained for.<\/p>\n<p>The Turkish leader has been pressing Assad to agree to reconcile for the past few months, but the Syrian leader has shunned the offer, insisting Turkey first withdraw thousands of its troops and its sponsored militias from Syrian territory. Thus, some observers see the offensive as part of Ankara\u2019s effort to pressure Assad into normalizing relations and negotiating a political solution to the civil war \u2014 which would give Erdo\u011fan the opportunity to repatriate 4.7 million Syrian refugees living in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>The reconciliation would likely come at considerable cost to the Kurds and involve the curtailment of their semi-autonomy in the northeast as well. Turkey and its proxies are already expanding their control of Kurdish-controlled towns and villages adjacent to the border. And over the weekend, the Turkish-sponsored Syrian National Army seized the Kurdish stronghold of Tal Rifaat, along with other SDF towns and villages east of Aleppo.<\/p>\n<p>So, where does this leave Russia? Like Assad\u2019s other key allies Iran and Hezbollah, Moscow is focused on other priorities \u2014 namely, Ukraine. And so far, Russian warplanes have only flown limited bombing sorties in support of Assad\u2019s forces, adding to speculation that the Kremlin knew about the coming offensive and isn\u2019t unhappy seeing pressure on Assad mount.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow too has been pushing Assad to reconcile with Erdo\u011fan and explore political solutions to end the civil war, which would open Syria up for lucrative trade for Russian businesses, and presumably ensure there are no risks to its strategic air and naval bases in Syria. Over the summer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newarab.com\/news\/russias-putin-talks-possible-erdogan-meeting-syrias-assad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Kremlin repeatedly sought to arrange face-to-face meetings between the Syrian and Turkish leaders<\/a> to no avail.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\tpl_facebook_pixel_args = [];\n\t\tpl_facebook_pixel_args.userAgent = navigator.userAgent;\n\t\tpl_facebook_pixel_args.language = navigator.language;\n\t\tif ( document.referrer.indexOf( document.domain ) < 0 ) {\n\t\t\tpl_facebook_pixel_args.referrer = document.referrer;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n\t\t{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n\t\tif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n\t\tn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n\t\ts.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n\t\t'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\n\t\tfbq( 'consent', 'revoke' );\n\t\tfbq( 'init', \"394368290733607\" );\n\t\tfbq( 'track', 'PageView', pl_facebook_pixel_args );\n\n\t\tif ( typeof window.__tcfapi !== 'undefined' ) {\n\t\t\twindow.__tcfapi( 'addEventListener', 2, function( tcData, listenerSuccess ) {\n\t\t\t\tif ( listenerSuccess ) {\n\t\t\t\t\tif ( tcData.eventStatus === 'useractioncomplete' || tcData.eventStatus === 'tcloaded' ) {\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t__tcfapi( 'getCustomVendorConsents', 2, function( vendorConsents, success ) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif ( ! vendorConsents.hasOwnProperty( 'consentedPurposes' ) ) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconst consents = vendorConsents.consentedPurposes.filter(\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfunction( vendorConsents ) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn 'Create profiles for personalised advertising' === vendorConsents.name;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t);\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif ( consents.length === 1 ) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfbq( 'consent', 'grant' );\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t} );\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t});\n\t\t}\n\t\t<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/tayyip-erdogan-aleppo-abbas-araghchi-hts-lebanon-hezbollah-syria-bashar-assad-forces-aleppo\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overall, the front lines of Syria\u2019s civil war have been stagnant since 2020, although there have been fierce episodic clashes. 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