Turkey's Erdogan eyes Putin meeting to discuss US Syria withdrawal

JacksinPA said:

https://thehill.com/policy/internat...-putin-meeting-to-discuss-us-syria-withdrawal

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he will probably meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the U.S. withdrawal from Syria, Reuters reported Tuesday.

Erdogan did not provide a timing for the meeting, and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the news service that Putin does not have immediate plans to meet with the Turkish leader.
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These 2 despots can hardly wait for the U.S. to withdraw on Trump's orders. Time to get together & coordinate their plans (as if they had not already done so).

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Rogue Valley said:

No doubt to discuss who gets first dibs on slaughtering the Syrian Kurds .... Erdogan or Assad.

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beerftw said:

I somehow doubt assad is on the list nor is iran as both those countries are regarded much higher on treatment of kurds than turkey. Infact during the afrin invasion, assad and iran were the only one to send any forces to back the kurds, while america let turkey roll through. You need to understand assad and iran are against a kurdish state but not against the kurds themselves, while turkey on the other hand views kurds as the enemies(not directly but piece the dots together)

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Rogue Valley said:

I have a military relative in Manbij. You need to look into things deeper than you always do.

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beerftw said:

Considering assads army moved into the manjib area and raised the syrian flag and is ready to take manjib itself, I think I proved myself right, if you watched the news today on syria the ypg kurds pretty much handed manjib to syria in exchange for protection from assad and the russians.

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12/28/18
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is warning of a “major disaster” if Syrian Kurdish forces align with President Bashar Assad following President Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria. “If reports accurate about Kurds aligning with Assad, major disaster in the making,” Graham tweeted Friday. “Nightmare for Turkey and eventually Israel. Big winners are Russia, Iran/Assad & ISIS.” “New conflicts between regional powers take pressure off ISIS,” Graham added in a second tweet. Graham’s comments come amid conflicting reports about whether Syrian government forces have entered the Kurdish-controlled town of Manbij, which U.S. forces patrol. The Syrian government said in a statement Friday that its forces had entered the city and raised the Syrian flag. But the U.S. military denied any changes in military forces in the town and war monitors said government forces were only on the perimeter. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan also said facts on the ground remain uncertain. The Kurdish forces, known as the YPG, said in a statement that they are inviting the Syrian government forces into Manbij “to protect these areas against a Turkish invasion.”

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Rogue Valley said:

Assad forces moved into the periphery of Manbij. Not into Manbij itself.

But I agree. The Kurds have to choose between two evils .... Assad or Erdogan. Assad can use their talents. Erdogan would only slaughter them.

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