as i think turkey is feeling very, pretty good. it has long supported the syrian off position and not just its own proxy army, syria, which is called syrian national army and was part of the lightning offensive. but it also has good relations with h t. s high, a tory or shop to group that had been ruling for about 5 years. and it lips a territory that borders to re key and was really dependent on uh, access from the turkish border. uh, it's a group that is dependent on international aid and wanted to legitimize itself because it has to hottest roots and was initially a sort of a persona non grata for the international community. so i came to rely on her key in many ways. and i think that turkey has taken a bet on it and of, and has clearly tacitly at least greenlighted they're offensive. so turkey stems to gain enormously politically and militarily from what's happening. okay. my house also on time, but it also has been hosting other opposition, communities and governments in exile and so right, so for so it has been busy and it's

you mention turkey in _ decision to make. you mention turkey in terms _ decision to make.rkey in terms of what it i turkey in terms of what it thinks about the kurdish entity is in syria. how difficult is it to balance that, given those entities and relationships with international players like the united states?— international players like the united states? again, i think it is very difficult. _ united states? again, i think it is very difficult. there i it is very difficult. there have been a widespread sort of, i would say, reasonably accurate supporting suggesting that... and if that is the case, well, you would think that he might have some sort of control over the outcome of what happens and what kind of state does it become. do not necessarily sure he is in a position to control that because hts may have different goals of sort of aspirations as to what they do with the states next. as far as the syrian kurds are concerned, that is very difficult. they are backed by the united states and right now the pentagon announced date is carried out of 70 air against islamic

they're backed by turkey. you're also all of these groups are combined in their opposition to assad. but now we will see how they get along with us. that's out of the picture. and at last, i want to talk about the kurds, because curds make up 10 percent of the syrian population, more or less. but the kurdish faction the to syrian democratic forces. they're back by the us and they controlled around 25 percent of syria including the oil fields. so there will have to be some kind of settlement between these different groups that become a flash point. i mean, the oil field, the fact that it's 25 percent of syria, but they only 10 percent of the population. yes, there will have to make concessions, i imagine in the future. and not only that, but the rebels being backed by turkey, who has, you know, its own agenda with the kurds. they accuse the kurdish a faction of housing what they therapy, take a terrorist. so there's a lot of clashes there, but so far these groups have signaled their readiness to hold talks and

in turkey president erdogan. it _ happened? in turkey president erdogan. it is _ happened?an, it is a _ happened? in turkey president erdogan, it is a major - happened? in turkey president erdogan, it is a major nato - erdogan, it is a major nato country but also one that has provided help to sunni islamist fighters, and turkey backs the syrian national army which is fighting with the majority, but not exclusively kurdish sdf which is backed by the us. turkey wanted to get rid of the assad regime but that morphed into trying to prevent kurdish threats from growing including a kurdish autonomous zone on the southern border with turkey so turkey plays a significant political and military role. four years ago turkey helped to broker the stalemate in the north west, and it was the diplomacy from turkey with the assad regime that failed in that likely ended up being one of the things that paved the way for the rise in operations by hts and other groups against damascus. 50 by hts and other groups against damascus. �* , by hts and other groups against damascus-— by hts and other

and let's talk about turkey for mimic is turkey split, a very important role in all of this. they back the key arm arm to groups who over through it said, why this turkey make this choice? what's turkey's motivation in supporting these groups? yeah, i mean, i, again, i was in turkey when the syrian revolution began in 2011 and actually initially in the 1st months, i remember that the turkish government, which had good relations with us not before. i tried to convince him for a transition like and now it's free elections, you know, let support you. i mean, the revolution began, so just let it be not, not like libya and all that aside regime they didn't give up. and he started to brutalizing his people, so then turkey jumped on to a position back and, and i can say, i mean i have many criticisms with turkish government on, lot of domestic issues. but i think i can see circus stood on the right side of history on this side. regime was evil, terrible. and it was doomed to collapse in ultimately with great pain. it did collapse. and now try give a plan with us with some interest t

with turkey, are the future. with turkey, are the borders _ the future.open? - the future. with turkey, are the borders open? some . the future. with turkey, are - the borders open? some families are coming back, but turkey wants to keep tight control over the traffic there. exactly. president erdogan has announced a new crossing will be reopened. a lot of people believe the offensive by the rebels would not have been possible without the blessing of president erdogan. 6 million people had to flee syria and become refugees because of the war here. more than 3 million of them are in turkey. for a very long time turkey had put pressure on president assad to try to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict here to allow the return of some of those refugees. so i think there will be perhaps a push, some incentives for refugees who are now in turkey to return to syria. i was on the other side of the border in southern turkey and saw the first queues of people trying to cross into syria. people were saying they were very happy to see the fall of the regime, th

the s t f is an outgrowth of the turkey based curtis workers party, which turkey as well as many other countries, considers a terrorist group. over decades, tens of thousands of people have been killed and it's fight for curtis independence . the sd of controls most of northeastern syria is backed by 900 us troops, meant to help contain the so called as logic state. but pockets are also controlled by another. melissa, the turkish backed syria national army. it has clashed in recent days with the kurds and forced them out of key towns that all makes for an explosive mix made even more volatile by the recent us election. president elect donald trump, already tried to pull us troops from northern syria and is expected to do so after taking office in january. that would leave the curbs at the mercy of turkish forces . and that could easily mean the end of curtis autonomy in syria. and a game or turkey now seems to hold all the cards. earlier i spoke with our correspondent, doran jones and assemble. i asked him what turkeys role is in syria right now to test he believes that contain a very

and the reason why elaine in new jersey, so not harsh on turkey, is because of the turkey support to the position figures. and for you, ron, it's a major setback because traditionally, you know, on has been accusing the west us. uh, is it a while for the regional challenges you're on faces? but this time the challenge comes from a federal police senior, even a pearl home us a turkish government for training. this is a victory, is also a message to his rivals that i'm going to get these refugees out. we patriot some, return them back to syria safe without having to and humanely forced them out of the country and cut out of editor on the corner of it. so of course, naturally, all the media outlets that are affiliated with are doing are going to use this terminology portray this is a victory for a deal on personally and for his affiliates, not merely for the syrian people. it tells me a lot about the gun on his strategy, his personality called he use the refugee card and or the 2 separate lives. his authorities, internally, i'm to leverage his control with all of these shifts and region

s was backed by turkey. turkey is a major regional player. it has issues with the kurds in syria. what role do you think turkey will play in serious future? and then the medium term, or? well, certainly turkey comes out as a send it in this, in the, in this scenario. uh, they, there been many reports that day at least green lights. the operation by h t s, although there haven't been formal confirmation of that. and i think what you've seen in the past, you know, day or so since damascus fell to the opposition. as you've seen, you know, thousands of syrians who been displaced in turkey attempting to return to their homes. and that's a key point sort of taking the reason that these people sled away, which was a side it can enable a real goal of turkey, which was to find a permanence more sustainable area where the millions of syrians in their country could go back peacefully. and with dignity to their homes. and i think there's still a lot to be determined on how the s, the coordinates with this new syrian government in damascus. and uh, certainly turkey will want to avoid any type

, a piece process and turkey again. and if s the is the correct curtis forces in syria actually keep given you on recon sylvia tree messages, which they've been doing and password is a chance of some diesel. yeah, there's some things here that we should all work to see a peaceful syria, which is not going to be happen. but you know, it could be on the right path. if the right path is a great start, how that would say you and i want to be helpful to it's a very precarious time, right? i think time will tell. but the reality is that a lot of powers are invested in at least a stable syria at the moment, right? the bowl of the united states and israel boat has been to topple assets, they've got their goal, they want. right. and so now what are they going to do? again, i go back to the economic realities because i think that that is what matters. the most the syrians are the gulf arab states going to palm going to assist, or they're going to provide alternatives to the cap, the country, to any type of actual resources for in

let's take a look at current issues, but turkey's aims and what the curves stanfull is turkey's flag goes up and it's embassy in serious capital, damascus for the 1st time in years that flag has also been carried by h t. s. the revel group that took over syria earlier this month. turkey is now looking to turn it to years of support for h d. s. and to leverage against the curtis militia that has long been number one on turkey is enemies list the syrian democratic forces for s t s turkey wants to expand a so called safe zone 30 kilometers wide on the syrian side of the border. it says it needs to keep the s t f as far away as possible. the c f is an outgrowth of the turkey based curtis workers party, which turkey as well as many other countries, considers a terrorist group. over decades, tens of thousands of people have been killed and it's fight for curtis independence, or the sd of controls. most of northeastern syria is backed by 900 us troops, meant to help contain the so called as logic state. but pockets are also controlled by another. melissa, the turkish backed syrian national

as they said, that turkey has stepped up. it's capacities to accommodate such border crossings from previously around the 3000 crossings a day to now 15220000. the trips with ortiz of also opened up an additional border crossing. so now there are 6 of them that reflects the expectation on behalf of the turkish government, that there would be rapid returns of syrian faxed to their home country. but migration expert, the more cautious saying the rep petri ation process could take even years because many people, obviously they have build up lives here in cherokee, they went to school to university, they've set up businesses. so they risk a lot, leaving all that behind. and many people also telling me they are cautious because they are just so many uncertainties. they are across the border in syria. what kind of syria will, are we going to see? that's what, of course, is on people's mind here on the tucker side. now internally as president of narrative type, air to on has been a long time backer of the syrian rebels and it's wide

you started talking about turkey. their president i about turkey.dish rebels and hugely the focus for him. he still is. very much so. turkey's priority has been to contain and repress the pkk, the kurdistan workers party which is allied to other syrian units. it is a really complicated thing. the us and the west are not really involved in this except the us has a small contingent of special forces. has a small contingent of specialforces. in the has a small contingent of special forces. in the east of the country, they are there to keep an eye on isis. they had a five year reign of terror, at one point they owned and controlled at area the size of belgium. 8 million people, they were defeated. but there is always a fear they could be resurgent and they will be looking to take advantage of this current situation. the us has a big ally in the region and that is the syrian kurds. the syrian democratic forces. turkey does not like them. it sees them as an analogy oh ally of it. stay with me, it is complicated. turkey, a nato country bombs the kurds on o

. yet, turkey is media is captivated by turkey. grubbing influence in syria are the long nose. it doesn't matter if it's her drug store economically or not by but the dr months prize from turkeys presents in global politics and the polls. the surveys and turkey show that the other occupied part of syria is it southwest corner, the golan heights, which has been under, is really control for 57 years. after the fall of government buildings in damascus were rated documents were reportedly found, been leaked online, they expose the collaborative operation between israel and the former regime, designed to limit iranian influence in syria, the revealing the israel preferred to have a weekend aside empower rather than take a chance on who would take his place when our side fled the country, that arrangements came to an end. the as randy military event intensified, it's bombardment of syrian army base and weapons people to cripple the country. and it's new rulers, militarily. it's yet another news where the story in series one that has not attracted anything close to the media coverage

that turkey supports an inclusive transition government to. that's the right message. that's also what 20 blanket and is said in a recent letter. but then when it comes to the current issue, i think turkey will want to restrict curtis autonomy in syria as much as possible. and. and that will be an interesting 3 way conversation, which will not be necessarily between turkey and the curtis groups of kurdish s d s . but also between kurtz and, and syrians, that is not to say whoever is a power in damascus. let's talk about the center and refugees into okay, we've seen pictures of them queuing up to across the board to back into syria tests each. okay. moving 3000000 since the civil war began in 2011 wasn't any other country, but with a truck issue economy struggling? do you think president, otherwise we'll be glad to see the back of the it's a big issue in turkish politics and election after year. i think the opposition has been made to various offices opposition. parties have been running um, sort of coming out with initiatives, policies, ideas

turkey is -la in: a its next move could be? turkey is playing a huge _ its next move could be?ole in these - playing a huge role in these developments and it's playing a huge role in these developments and its expected to play an even bigger role in the future. if we are looking at the geopolitical map of what is happening to try to understand the regional powers. for turkey commit sees that iran is weaker today than it used to be before. around seven years ago, there was an agreement between russia, turkey and iran that is known as... that did divided —— divided the influence inside syria. today turkey sees that iran is weaker and turkey should be the one who should feel —— fill in the vacuum. they have two major goals today. one is to pressure asad to negotiate and probably to offer some concessions in the north that allows syrian refugees to go back. second, which is also very important is to push against the kurds inside syria. they are backed by the united states. turkey wants to push them more into the eastern side of the euphrates river and control everything that is eas

ready to have a big negotiation, especially with turkey, because turkey plays a huge role in this latest development in syria. so they have to try to get on the table and to discuss what kind of transition can be best for syria, the region and, and for peace for transition, for sure. right? i'm afraid right? to leave it there. that was a r d correspondence, but he has a bunch of thank you very much for your analysis. and today's events also mark a historic day for syrians living abroad, many of whom have been of express caution or cautious optimism, rather than the end of the assad families. more than 50 year rule will make waiting for a better chapter for syria. what type of listen to some of the reactions from lebanon, which is home to a large number of syrian refugees, as i do that. so i'm, i'm, of course, it's much better not much better. for example, i have to do military service, but not that's and nothing holding me by this means i can go to syria. we used to live in fear, but now i can go wherever i want, as well as we don't know how this new situation that unfolds or what can do

it in the neighboring turkey dw use turkey service has been speaking to syrians in his temples, who are both optimistic and anxious about the prospect of going home. for always swati, assuming an engineer, it is just the best moment ever. play out of them is o dreams of come to you. god. they sealed it for 15 years. we have been waiting for this day or 2. we have been very patient. uh yes, it was very difficult. uh we suffered jake, we became refugees though. uh, our state of the thing is the country was really mouthful. do they mean words? can't express how happy i am the that to me a sentiments shared by so many with whom we spoke, refugees ready to go back to syria and how we are capable of returning to our country and rebuilding it. i'm making the best of them. it was before we were subjected to assets, oppression, and many hardships. but thank god we survived. we were allowed to live in turnkey assembly. i've known him and i should not be 30. you have what's called us the 2 next. the many here have reactivated long dormant plans to leads that route in that car as mobile phone shop

turkey's long-term aim in s ria? ~ turkey's long-term aim in sria?s firstly to _ syria? turkey's long-term aim is firstly to ensure _ syria? turkey's long-term aim is firstly to ensure the - is firstly to ensure the territorial integrity and the political stability of syria so that the emergence of yet another round of civil strife can be averted, which would have drastic consequent on turkey's security, but also would trigger you refugee wives. that is objective number one. objective number two is to create an environment which would help with the return of the refugees and, thirdly, would also eliminate the use of the potential use of syrian territory against turkey. yes, it is interesting _ territory against turkey. yes, it is interesting because - territory against turkey. yes, | it is interesting because there are real aliens of syrians who are real aliens of syrians who are currently in turkey —— millions of syrians who are in turkey, and they would like some of those to return. but onlyjust _ some of those to return. emit onlyjust president he

the kurdish forces aimed to take back territory near syria's northern border with turkey. to look for more, we can now speak to las vegas style fi, who is the executive director of the syrian emergency task force, and he joins us from washington, d. c. welcome to the the eval you. i'd like to begin by asking you about this agreement with the rival rebel factions. so which are the factions that have actually agreed to dissolve? yeah, so the factions that have agreed to come together and dissolve and create a new ministry of defense for syria. are all the ones that are part of the joint operations command room that was led by the faction h t s. these include multiple facts in a secular and as lab as liberal and conservative, but all had come under this military operations command room to launch the offensive that resulted in a liberation of a level. i'm off homes and ultimately damascus. now, there are other affections across syria, the syria, 3 army, the us partner in the south, in the 10th garrison, the syria democratic forces, d, you as partner in the northeast. and you a

turkey is now sort of trying — doesn't it? sure. turkey is now sort of trying to _ doesn't it?of trying to not _ doesn't it? sure. turkey is now sort of trying to not only - sort of trying to not only engage with but negotiate with different local as well as regional and international actors. but, ithink regional and international actors. but, i think there as i said, it's not clear to what extent turkey will be able to maintain that role as well as its influence if the questions we talked about before i'm not sort of answer is no way that will not only secure joe lanny�*s interest but allow him to play a role in the future because i think many people and they took but the relationship between hts and turkey, they either overestimate to's influence or underestimated. it is a complicated relationship but at the end, they each have their own interests. when those interests overlap, they interests overla p, they cooperate interests overlap, they cooperate but when they don't, there will be competition and this is what we have to keep an eye on. this is what we have to keep an e e

turkey. turkey is the one behind it. he is a very smart quy' behind it.e got it and those people that went in are controlled by turkey and thatis in are controlled by turkey and that is ok! they know the way to fight. but i don't think i want to have our soldiers killed but i don't think that will happen now anyway because the one side's been decimated. are you concerned about more unrest — are you concerned about more unrest in — are you concerned about more unrest in that _ are you concerned about more unrest in that region? - are you concerned about more unrest in that region?- unrest in that region? nobody knows what — unrest in that region? nobody knows what the _ unrest in that region? nobody knows what the final - unrest in that region? nobody knows what the final outcome | knows what the final outcome was not going to be in the region. nobody knows. i believe it is turkey and i believe turkey is very smart, he is a very smart guy and very tough but turkey did an unfriendly takeover without a lot of lives being lost. i can say that assad was a butc

of course, here in turkey will build up lives. a lot of people have set up of businesses at some have have a, have raised their families here. so we're talking about some people have been here for more than 10 years, and many of them i think i'm more cautious they are telling me that they want to wait and see how the situation in syria is going to the bellow. what the transition period brings are the people who are going to be in charge of the country before they make this huge decision to leave all those lives here in turkey, that they build up behind and, and go back to syria from what you've been able to gather your yeah, how safe is it or syrians to return the will obviously they're all very different areas in syria with a different security scenarios in north west syria, near the turkish border. a turkey back rebels have been clashing with the crowd as charlotte fights, as in recent days. it's been deadly clashes. a number of people have been reported . lee killed, others have been send fling to other areas for safety and tho

but these forces are seen by turkey as terrorists. so this is why the conflict is still ongoing despite these play yesterday. and of course we have a israel, israel healthcare. it has carried out many air strikes in the last couple of days and is also advancing for the into syria and territory. and the syrian observatory of human minds has mentioned that israel's forces on now in a mountain than members of the syrian diaspora around the world. are eager to return to their country either to visit for the 1st time in many years or to move back. but some are also leaving syria. why is that? which yes indeed. and i myself could witness that as well when i was crossing from the bonham entries into syria because there was a huge cure on the east border of thousands of people who wanted to at least syria for various different reasons. there was some people who were supporters of assets and who um, who are now afraid that they will face consequences. but there are also people who belong to minorities, such as the christians or curds. if you s

sure, turkey is now sort of t in: to it? sure, turkey is now sort of trying to not — it?of trying to not only _ it? sure, turkey is now sort of trying to not only engage - it? sure, turkey is now sort of trying to not only engage with | trying to not only engage with but negotiate with different local as well as regional and national actors. local as well as regional and nationalactors. but, ithink stella as i said, it's not clear to what extent turkey will be able to maintain that role as well as its influence. the questions we talked about before and not sort of answered in a way that will not only secure his interest but also allow him to play a role in the future. because, ithink allow him to play a role in the future. because, i think many people when they talk about the relationship between hts and turkey, they either overestimate turkey's influence or underestimate it. it's a complicated relationship and in the end, each has their own interests. when those interests overlap, they cooperate but when they don't, they will be competitive and this is what we have to ke

so the question is, how exactly does turkey go about maintaining its influence in this next phase of serious future? well, son is a main play, i mean touchy has be one of the main supporters of the rebels from the beginning of the civil wolf is provided a lot of support for various groups and also providing refuge from millions of syrians as well. so i'm definitely has developed very strong links with the various groups that have now successfully. i'll sit outside and that has really put it in a prime position. and that's why they took his 5 minutes to feed on has been saying he's been holding pulse with saudi arabia the gulf states as well as washington, and also even iran and washer who really all seen as the main loses in the aisle seat of us saw that the l. c. facade is seen as a major, successful talking to projecting in influence in not only to syria, but also across the region, but key to where it can maintain that success. it all depends on what kind of government will follow. will it be a stable, inclusive coupling, which talk he's pressing full, but if it descends into a fa

k group considered in turkey to really be an extra central threats. so to get to your question about what this really means for h t s, which is definitely um, not as a lines, not nearly as align with turkey is the s n a. we're going to have to wait and see what h t s is agenda really is when it comes to the y p g and other elements under the s d f. umbrella. we don't know if h t s and turkey will reach some sort of understanding or not when it comes to these questions about the white p g group. but time will tell this new transitional government. do we know how it plans to rebuild syria economically as well? you know, the challenge of rebuilding syria economically is extremely daunting. my understanding is that the serious gdp contract is something like 80 or 85 percent. since this crisis erupted back in 2011 last year of the syria and economy separate from hyper inflation on many of the sectors, the important sectors and the syrian economy, such as agriculture, hydrocarbons, and really decimated as a consequence of not only the warfare, but also as a

is an actor in and by itself that for and turkey heads leverage over h d s. then h d is controlled in the box. now h d has controlling a larger amount of the territory. i'm not sure how that leverage would work it out and a vendor also the direction of the network which will change. secondly, i think in the coming months, we will be observing various tactical arrangements between local actors on the ground as they will strive to consolidate and perhaps also expense their control over territory means of finance and resources. and here the 2 key actors would be the h d s, and the by p g let's s yes. and so to cost of those by p g as an extension of p j k, which is the cost of those as a terrorist organization. so here to i think it's still to on sorts and how the relationship between these 2 actors with evil. so these will be all need to, to kind of political aspects which would be risk factors or factors of challenge for, for on kind of give them that they are risks. the key is that why it's essentially denying its involvement in this rebel let defensive um, i

so these are groups the 1st backed or the 1st kurdish lead to the other fact by turkey. we are getting reports that they are clashing with one another in the north of syria. so, you know, how worrying is this development to look at is worrying because syria, 1st of all, is sick of war. the last thing that syrians want to see the intervention of any other country, even if it's turkey or anyone else inside, you know, we don't want to see any for enforced advance. currently, the u. s. military is present in syria with the sole role as part of the operation here at resolve the international coalition to feed isis and, and the fighting that's happening between the s d f and the surface bacteria national army. we don't want to escalate and create something that, that is going to be more difficult to manage. but in order for that to be avoided, what is really important. and what honestly has been kind of frustrating that it's not happening already. is that the syrian democratic forces should be reaching out to the mass because directly and coming to some sort of deal because th

president erdogan of turkey welcoming the capture of two cities.n relations. welcome to bbc news. are we seeing now turkey very much pursuing its own interests in ensuring that the syrian kurdish groups regarded as terrorists are not consolidated control so close to its border? well, the turkish government has wanted for a longtime well, the turkish government has wanted for a long time to dislodge the kurds from northern syria, and they call them terrorists, but the truth is these kurdish groups, the sdf, is allied with the united states and primarily engaged with fighting isis. for turkey, this has been an important issue because the turks are really afraid that in, especially assad syria, the kurds will get some kind of economy in syria. just like the iraqi kurds did after the gulf war. so, imagine fora moment if you have a kurdish autonomy in syria, turkey has a very large kurdish population so you can imagine for turkey advocating for similar arrangements, that is a significant threat for erdogan and the kurdish government. that's really the r

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date of the last 3 dies alone. turkey has been one of the main back as of the syrian opposition forces, and analysts a suggest the full advice i'll sides regime is a mind that of opportunity for anchor a to increase its influence in the region. i took the correspondent julia han reports to this president to add one a to support out of your position in syria is one of the big windows from the full of special assets. so if you could kinda upholstery the rich and shaping see the future and same distress and it's position in negotiations over 80, but it's a good here's how turkey ended up in such a strong position in less than 2 weeks. a position scientists from the islam is tie up to here. i shun goes together with tough feedback rebels toppled aside through gene. so teen years after his crack down on the anti government protest ignited serious of the rebels capture of the main northern city of a level. neither took his folder before pushing all the way to the capitals. i must course. instead of cussing the run away, leaving behind the syria, when nearly 1000000 people were massacred, 120

i think a turkey has just get into lots inside syria. of course, syria is a neighbor and country for 2 kids. so it's kind of natural if we're talking about geo politics for, to get to be interested and to be influential inside syria. however, i would like us to, to highlight that the, over the last few months, president aragon, the turkish president, tried to reach out to a side multiple times in hub or free ching, some sort of the supplement inside syria. but i said if use to negotiate before all to dish forces and alter dish bags, forces leads syria, and that's where we are today. of course the key has gained a lot and i think what happened inside. so you, you have want only make 2 key very influential country inside syria, but it will give it a much bigger leverage in that region over other countries as well. what stands out most to you about how form powers are currently positioned in syria? sir, can you hear me? i'm sorry, could you repeat the question? i missed, i missed you a question. i'm really curious to know if i can hear you

all i said in terms of turkey, turkey, also a key player in the outcome we're seeing here today in terms of that back in with the serial position forces. but they also have their own concerns about the various other players involved here. the kurdish forces in the north have how low tech he be, a sort of working through its various options here. what will they be thinking? well indeed, now we've got some huge from prison out of one to 2 statements over the cup over over the last couple of days. and he again, again reiterated on customization, stating that i'm gonna suppose the advent of the rapid as in sort of the position and see the less them it. and or of course the, he'd even say that the wish that the position is not going to face any issues while they are heading to the south or north of the south to take over the city today. go over the, the, the, the, the cab of the, for the damascus. and that is what happened. and we know that face, yes, these by not be that took is all set that took his eyes. i bought a turkey proxy, but steve, take it, has it to the men just leverage over the

the s n a distinct from h t s is very much allied with turkey. some analysts would probably consider the s n a to be a group of proxy forces operating the has to have on grew up in any event. the fact that s n a has been fighting the y p g. an sd of forces in this part of syria needs to be understood within the context of turkeys, national interests. everything that has unfolded since late last month in syria has provided turkey with unique opportunities to push back against the y p g, which is linked to the p k. k group considered in turkey to really be an extra central threats. so to get to your question about what this really means for h t s, which is definitely um not as aligns not nearly as align with turkey is the s n a. we're going to have to wait and see what h t s is. agenda really is when it comes to the y p g and other elements under the s d f. umbrella. we don't know if h t s and turkey will reach some sort of understanding or not. when it comes to these questions about the white p g group, but time will tell this new transitional gov

i mean, here's how turkey ended up in such a strong position in less than 2 weeks. a position fight is from the islam. his tie up to here i some goes together with talking back rebels topples aside through gene . so few years after his crack down on the anti government protest ignited serious, civil to rebels capture the main northern city of a level. neither took his folder before pushing all the way to the capitals. i must course. is it a custom that said running away, leaving behind the syria, when nearly 1000000 people were massacred? 12000000 uncomfortable had to leave it a joke. share and many associates on return to rubble. jolla color. a kutrovitch, edwin's government has so far denied any involvement in the rebels operation. but add one has long pushed for the als throughout, besides calling him not a rough and vacuum of position forces in syria's northwest. it's highly improve the situation at without altered at his cane. and his deeds observed without at least some sort of uh, uh, vacation supports or at least 3 nights. so how does tech he benefit from al