The fall of Putinism, page-4

  1. Osi
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    Erdogan will continue to leverage one crisis against another and/or adopt a transactional basis for any agreement he makes.

    The end goal is to subsume Northern Syria, Afrin and Idlib into a Turkish vassal state.

    The presence of some US forces in North Syria and Biden's influence is the only thing holding Turkish forces back ATM.

    The Ukraine-Russia war is bad news for the Damascus Government.
 
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