Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan meet in Sochi, Russia November 22, 2017. (photo credit: SPUTNIK/MIKHAIL METZEL/KREMLIN VIA REUTERS)
Posted on 03/13/2018 3:53:59 AM PDT by BeadCounter
The Turkish foreign minister says Turkey and the United States have reached an agreement on a plan to jointly station Turkish and U.S. forces in the Syrian Kurdish-held town of Manbij.
Washington has not confirmed any such plan — and a small contingent of U.S. forces is already in Manbij.
Turkey is riled by U.S. support to the Syrian Kurdish militia known as the YPG, and accuses the U.S. of allegedly not fulfilling a promise to move the Syrian Kurdish fighters in Manbij east of the Euphrates River. Ankara has threatened to expand its current offensive in northern Syria to drive the Syrian Kurds out of Manbij.
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Erdrogan needs to ‘at ease’ on the commitment of U.S. forces. It wouldnt bother me if the Kurds were the only humans left alive in the region.
What could possibly go wrong? /sarc
The sun never sets in the American Empire.
Your expectation that Russia is going to get in the middle of a military dispute between two NATO members is amusing.
The Kurds are American allies not Russian ones.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan meet in Sochi, Russia November 22, 2017. (photo credit: SPUTNIK/MIKHAIL METZEL/KREMLIN VIA REUTERS)
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When nations with different agendas "jointly patrol" an area with a third agenda, accidents can happen. Wouldn't want this job.
Syrian Kurdish officials denied the Turkish reports.
Shervan Darwish, spokesman for the Kurdish-led Manbij Military Council, said members of the militia known as the YPG left the town soon after it was liberated from Islamic State militants in 2016. Darwish says local forces are now in charge in Manbij and work closely with the U.S.-led coalition, including in joint patrols.”
Whatever is actually happening...
Turkey would build bridges with Kurds, IE: have intelligence sources (and a grasp at Syrian land).
Kurds would have a stronger hand against Assad.
US would have “a place at the table”.
Fascinating.
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