The Syrian government has issued a statement Thursday
condemning the agreement between the US and Turkey on a buffer zone in
northeastern Syria the day before, saying it amounted to a “blatant
attack” on Syria’s sovereignty.
The US reached the deal with Turkey to try to keep Turkey from invading
Kurdish territory, and did so by carving out a lot of Kurdish-held
Syrian territory into a “buffer zone” which is meant to allow Turkey to
send refugees back.
The establishment of a command center for the buffer zone suggests it is
being put under direct US and Turkish joint control. That’s a problem
for Syria, because it’s Syrian territory, and they’re entirely cut out
of the plan.
Syrian officials say they believe the move is aggression, and a threat
to Syria restoring “peace and stability” in the area, which they were
ultimately likely to do with the Kurds, who will lose at least this part
of their territory.
sounds to me the United States is gifting Syrian territory to Turkey ? I would prefer to put the Buffer zone in Turkey . That is something Turkey could do with no opposition . Why doesn’t the United States mind its own business and stop starting trouble all over the world ?
Because the powers that be are making too much money from the trouble they start. Besides, it’s fun playing World Of Empires as long as you aren’t the one getting blasted by an IED.
The US is giving Turkey some territory, otherwise Turkey would grab even more and likely bring the Russians in against Turkey and the US. I suspect Russia told Turkey to take the deal because otherwise things would go bad for Erdogan.
Turkey has been trying to grab part of Syria since the war started. The Kurds are partly an excuse, partly a reason for Turkey to invade Syria. ISIS was one of the tools both Turkey and the US used to justify an attack on Syria. Only Russia prevented it, first by vetoing three UNSC Resolutions under Obama, then preventing Obama – three times – from getting his “no-fly zone”.
The goal was always to destroy Syria, then allow Israel to cross Syrian territory to attack Hezbollah in Lebanon. Russia screwed that plan, but the US and Israel still want Syria destroyed at some point as part of the run up to war with Iran.
The US and Israel have no idea how to do this as yet, so they’ve shifted to finding some way to get the US and Israel to attack Hezbollah together, since Israel can’t do it alone. I expected an attack either this summer or next summer. Doesn’t look like it will be this summer. Perhaps the neocons haven’t convinced Trump to go along with it yet, or they’re concentrating on getting blockades going with Venezuela and Iran. There’s only so much they can control at any one time.