It is probably time to give Turkey the boot from NATO.
JRH 3/12/19
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Turkey and Russia Prepared to Launch Joint Military
Patrols in Syria’s Idlib
By Elizabeth Teoman with the ISW Syria Team
March 9, 2019 12:32 PM
Key Takeaway: Growing Turkish-Russian military
cooperation in Syria is a dangerous sign of a wider shift to a closer strategic
relationship between Turkey and Russia. Russia gave Turkey permission to fly
air sorties into Northern Syria as part of an agreement for joint military patrols along
the frontlines in Greater Idlib Province. The Turkish Armed Forces began joint frontline
patrols with pro-regime forces on March 8 with accompanying overflights by the Turkish Air Force. The
Turkish-Russian agreement in Idlib Province demonstrates that Syrian President
Bashar al-Assad is failing in his attempts to spoil the de-escalation zone in
Northern Syria brokered by Russia, Iran, and Turkey in 2017. Turkey will likely
soon begin independent joint patrols with the Russian Armed Forces. Turkey and
Russia began joint patrols of a
separate area near Tel Rifaat north of Aleppo City on February 14. Turkey’s
deepening relationship with Russia in Syria decreases the likelihood that the
U.S. will reach a negotiated agreement with Turkey over
the status of Eastern Syria. Russia intends
to use its engagement with Turkey in Western Syria to set conditions to
cooperate with Turkey against the U.S.-Led Coalition and its partnered Syrian
Democratic Forces (SDF) in Eastern Syria. ISW is closely following the evolving
situation in Idlib Province and will provide further updates as necessary.
The graphic below depicts the approximate route of the
recent Turkish patrol based on open sources.
Turkey
& Russia Joint Patrols in NW Syria 3/8/19 map
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