Kurds

How timely is that warning? Really?Like you could set your watch to that! It was exactly what I'd expected. Just needed to see the reporting on it to know if my suspicions were well founded. And, of course, they wereRehashing: I wrote a series of posts beginning back about two weeks ago on the plan, or what looks to me to be a plan of the Astana 3, to return Idlib back to the central Syrian government.As smoothly as possible in order to avoid intervention on the part of the “alliance”  and their PKK proxies.

Tragedy: Disastrous. Calamitous. Misfortune

Interesting oped from Peter Koenig

Personally, speaking. The answer to the above question: Is Turkey likely to annex the Syrian territory it now controls? No. It's doubtful Turkey needs the extra headache that would be had by annexing this territory.

hat tip to J for leaving the link to this oped in the comment section of :

What the heck is Chyrstia Freeland on about? Saudi Arabia is all for ‘rights’. Do note the fact that the Saudi diplomat rejects supporting every independence movement but just so happens to support the Usrael/remake the region friendly “independence” of the USrael affiliated KurdsSee below:

Firas Tlass: SAA Will Invade Idleb with Russian and Turkish Help  When I stumbled across this latest article my first thought was ‘wow, that’s a blast from the past’ Long, long time readers might remember the spin around the man named Manaf Tlass and his exit from Syria. Firas Tlass is Manaf’s brother.

Carnegie Europe

ALEPPO, SYRIA — With military forces from the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and Russia gathering around Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province, the last major military offensive of Syria’s seven-year-long war may only be weeks away.

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