Strategy of tension

Interesting name Turkey has chosen. Should we interpret that as an olive branch to Syria?It surely would have been carefully selected as to deliver the right tone or message

a branch of an olive tree used to symbolize peace. any offering of peace or conciliation.

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 If early reports are accurate, clearly Russia is on board with this. I would assume Syria is also accepting of this move despite whatever words are uttered in opposition. Talk is cheap. Daily Sabah

Along with recognition of ill gotten Syrian territory as a separate entity.

I'd noticed a couple of days ago- there was an alternative media push suggesting Turkey had been behind the drone attack. The claim was the impetus for my use of translate for the Kommersant article.. which was linked to an alt site claiming Turkey was behind the attack. Except when I read the kommersant article ,'cause that's the way I do things here, there was nothing to substantiate this claim.

Not sure why this news is garnering no coverage- Given the sanctions regime that is openly discussed and undoubtedly being readied  to further destabilize Turkey. January 2018- The Atlantic Authored by Jonathon Schanzer

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YADC- Yet another destabilization campaign!Let's stroll down memory lane- PFYT's memory lane that is!!!!

Occupation......And one more thing- Don't bother taking on our Kurdish terrorists

Behind the times but very relevant to the ongoing situation regarding Kirkuk, Kurdistan aka Israel 2.0 and Iraq- Definite necessary backgroundArabnews

 This is a far reaching interview. I think it's worth the time.With thanks to Tim Kelly from Our Interesting Times  (always linked in the side bar) for making this freely available