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@fdd · Twitter · 2025-02-04 21:22 UTC

Insight by @SinanCiddi: "With this meeting, Turkey has laid the foundation of a post-Assad Syria that will be governed by a jihadist entity. Erdogan intends to nurture this regime and become its main patron. Turkey and the new Syrian regime may act to fundamentally destabilize Syria, as the likelihood of all-out conflict between Syria’s Kurds and the Turkish/Syrian military increases. Erdogan is attempting to woo Washington by suggesting that they do not need the SDF to contain the Islamic State and that the Trump administration should lean on Turkey, which intends to collaborate with Jordan and Lebanon to contain ISIS. This is an empty promise, as is the suggestion that Turkey is helping to stabilize Syria."