European & US diplomats ( cc: @AuswaertigesAmt ) insist on pressuring #HTS into kicking #Russia out of #Syria in exchange for future funding.
Which unfortunately shows just how little they understand the situation there.
HTS was once very vulnerable and close to defeat but #Turkey AND Russia saved (& "domesticated") them & gave them a task (to govern #Idlib).
They couldn't be at the point where they are now without the two other players and they won't forget that.
https://warontherocks.com/2017/10/turkeys-idlib-incursion-and-the-hts-question-understanding-the-long-game-in-syria/
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Which unfortunately shows just how little they understand the situation there.
HTS was once very vulnerable and close to defeat but #Turkey AND Russia saved (& "domesticated") them & gave them a task (to govern #Idlib).
They couldn't be at the point where they are now without the two other players and they won't forget that.
https://warontherocks.com/2017/10/turkeys-idlib-incursion-and-the-hts-question-understanding-the-long-game-in-syria/
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Turkey’s Idlib Incursion and the HTS Question: Understanding the Long Game in Syria
After several days of speculation surrounding a possible Turkish intervention, on Oct. 8 Turkish reconnaissance troops crossed into Syria’s northwesternCharles Lister (War on the Rocks)
