Posted on 10/13/2019 5:26:48 PM PDT by BeauBo
The Kurds in Syria say the Syrian government has agreed to send its army to the northern border to try to halt Turkey's offensive against them.
Syrian state media earlier reported that government forces had been deployed to the north.
It follows the US decision to pull all its remaining troops from the area...
(Turkey said) It also plans to resettle more than three million Syrian refugees currently in Turkey within the zone. Many of them are not Kurds. Critics have warned this could lead to ethnic cleansing of the local Kurdish population. (Just as Turkey did after it took Afrin in Syria)...
The Kurdish-led administration in northern Syria said the Syrian army would deploy along the entire length of the border as part of the agreement.
This deployment would assist the SDF in countering "this aggression and liberating the areas that the Turkish army and mercenaries had entered", it said in a statement.
The move also "paves the way to liberate the rest of the Syrian cities occupied by the Turkish army such as Afrin", it added.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
How did this story get on BBC? This does not fit the anti-Trump narrative.
“Assad is backed by Russia”
I guess that is going to screw up Erdogan’s use of Russia to play off against the USA, buying their air defense systems and such.
Looks like Erdogan is getting himself into quite a mess.
Oh by the way, what’s for lunch?
I guess the Kurds don’t sit around and cry about changing fortunes ... like American leftists.
If THEY couldn't negotiate a mutually acceptable lasting peace agreement for all sides a fight was inevitable.
The tragedy is innocent people will suffer for the petty failings and ambitions of power-mad leaders.
You can’t blame Turkey for wanting to get rid of 3.66 million refugees. We know that feeling.
Cheese whiz. You gouda parmesan and swiss or you’ll never cheddar . Mozzarella must be the ricotta or limberger will just be all gone.
Thanks for ping.
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