For far too long, the US and it’s allies have accommodated Turkey’s designs on Syria at the expense of regional security. Unwilling to support the Kurds lest they offend Turkish President Erdogan, the West stood by and watched as he began operations against Kurdish fighters without ever once lifting a finger against the terrorists of the Islamic State. As Russia Insider explains:
“In layman’s terms, this new alliance could be a fatal blow to Turkey’s geopolitical aspirations in Syria (not to mention Russia’s de facto no fly zone, thanks largely to a little friend called ‘the S-400’):
‘The YPG has still not pushed west of the Euphrates, but along with it’s allies, and with the help of Russian strikes, the SDF are threatening Turkey-backed opposition groups in another key border crossing, Kilis, west of Jarablous.
Losing control of the northern countryside of Aleppo would be a setback for the opposition. Turkey, too, would lose influence.
But Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to be eyeing an even bigger victory. He called on the Assad government and the political wing of the YPG to unite. This still has not happened – at least not officially.
But Syrian Kurdish officials have said they are ready to work with anyone fighting ISIL, and anyone who works for a united, secular, and democratic Syria.
Such an alliance would change the battlefield and the balance of power on the ground.”
What a sad state of affairs that the Russians are the only ones standing up to Turkey.
Source: Russia Insider
Good move