Despite claims made that leave one thinking Turkey/Syrian reconciliation is never going to occur… It sure seems that work is ongoing in that direction. Hurriyet Türkiye, Russia, Iran and Syria will establish a joint center in northern Syria to monitor the developments in the region, the Turkish defense minister has informed and stated that talks […]
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Deputy foreign ministers from Russia, Turkey, Syria and Iran on Tuesday completed two days of talks in Moscow aimed at restoring ties between Ankara and Damascus, in a step aimed at easing the international isolation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Restoring ties and ending the American occupation.. The four countries discussed preparations for a meeting […]
https://web.archive.org/web/20171028184128/https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2016/04/irans-forgotten-kurds-step-up-struggle.html From the past to the present ( the present featured in the second report for today) original url https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2016/04/irans-forgotten-kurds-step-up-struggle.html Still viable url! https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/iran-s-forgotten-kurds-step-up-the-struggle-1.140788 KDPI PJAK, PKK, KDPI So the present day problem in Iran with the alphabet Kurdish groups has been present for a very long time Far longer than this nearly 7 year […]
via the wayback machine https://web.archive.org/web/20140815170104/https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2014/08/maliki-stands-down-us-regime-change.html my blog from 2014 original url to June 14/14– try the wayback again. https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2014/06/obama-delivered-ultimatum-to-maliki-via.html The Obama administration had been weighing the use of US ground forces and aircraft to mount an emergency rescue That strategy depends on the formation of a new Iraqi government Therefore it’s correctly written that the […]
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‘The Americans did not fight ISIS’
Interesting piece from The Cradle. And the claim is completely unsurprising to myself. It was always obvious. One would have been a complete fool to believe the US ever fought ISIS. They armed them. Dropped weapons to them. Etc., But they did not fight them! https://thecradle.co/Article/Interviews/19989 Selected excerpts below; Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian commander of […]
First, a trip down memory lane. Years back I’d hoped for this type of an outcome with regard to Syria. Yup, I wanted to see Turkey, Syria and Iran work this out, for themselves. If Russia was going to help, that was okay with me. Turkey and Syria should be good neighbours, the neighbours they […]
https://web.archive.org/web/20190127013159/https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2019/01/russiaturkeysyria-2019-adana-agreement.html As it looked in 2019 The original url is still live https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/russia-positive-on-turkeys-plans-to-secure-its-borders-fm-cavusoglu-140741 There is more information to be accessed but it will have to wait until later today or tomorrow. Be back as soon as possible!
Faisal al-Mekdad, the regime’s top diplomat, is visiting Moscow days after a meeting with Cavusoglu. “I did not use the phrase reconciliation between the Syrian regime and the opposition, but I said that a settlement of the crisis must be reached.” This is how the Turkish foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, has tried to contain the […]
Birth Pangs for those who haven’t followed the theme refer to what is occurring on the ground as the big players redraw/defend borders in multiple regions of the world. Asia, Africa and the Middle East are all on the drawing board. The player/participants are Israel, US, France, Russia, Germany, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Libya, Armenia, Iran […]