Turkey's direct entrance into the Syrian military conflict is of benefit to both Russia and the US: the opening of a northern front creates an opportunity for the US-backed rebels to re-group, while their retreat from Aleppo left the city to the government forces, backed by Russia, according to France 24's specialist in jihadist movements.
"Many were surprised that the US put up with Turkey's entrance into the Syrian game with its "Shield of the Euphrates" operation," says Wassim Nasr, France 24's specialist in jihadist movements.
However he further explains that the US might have made some advance calculations: the jihadists were able to break through the government forces' encirclement of Aleppo shortly after the recent break-up of the former al-Nusra Front and before the Syrian army had the city under its full control. Therefore, the expert suggests there is a viable political project which exists in the north of Syria, and that is the jihadists' project. Meanwhile, the territory under the control of the so-called "moderate rebels" backed by the US is visibly dwindling. By opening a new frontline in the north of the country, near the city of Jarabulus and alongside the 90-kilometer Turkish-Syrian border, Turkey has drawn the "moderate" rebels out of Aleppo to Jarabulus, thus offering them a new action plan and diverting them from the jihadists, the expert explained.
He further suggested that those are the exact people that the US could sit down at the negotiation table with, and this explains the US interest in Turkey's operation.
In other words, the expert explains, the US has decided to put an end to the plan of supporting jihadists and get a new reliable partner who would be able to take part in negotiations. However the same very actions are also of benefit to Russia, he further claimed. "Let us not forget that before the assault in Jarabulus, President Erdogan met with President Putin while Joe Biden visited Turkey," he said....http://sptnkne.ws/ceYz
7/9/16
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"Many were surprised that the US put up with Turkey's entrance into the Syrian game with its "Shield of the Euphrates" operation," says Wassim Nasr, France 24's specialist in jihadist movements.
However he further explains that the US might have made some advance calculations: the jihadists were able to break through the government forces' encirclement of Aleppo shortly after the recent break-up of the former al-Nusra Front and before the Syrian army had the city under its full control. Therefore, the expert suggests there is a viable political project which exists in the north of Syria, and that is the jihadists' project. Meanwhile, the territory under the control of the so-called "moderate rebels" backed by the US is visibly dwindling. By opening a new frontline in the north of the country, near the city of Jarabulus and alongside the 90-kilometer Turkish-Syrian border, Turkey has drawn the "moderate" rebels out of Aleppo to Jarabulus, thus offering them a new action plan and diverting them from the jihadists, the expert explained.
He further suggested that those are the exact people that the US could sit down at the negotiation table with, and this explains the US interest in Turkey's operation.
In other words, the expert explains, the US has decided to put an end to the plan of supporting jihadists and get a new reliable partner who would be able to take part in negotiations. However the same very actions are also of benefit to Russia, he further claimed. "Let us not forget that before the assault in Jarabulus, President Erdogan met with President Putin while Joe Biden visited Turkey," he said....http://sptnkne.ws/ceYz
7/9/16
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