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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Kurdish Militia in Syria Likely to Join with Assad, Putin
2019-10-09
See also here and here.
[Jpost] Kurdish forces in Syria will likely seek an alliance with Moscow and Damascus after the United States announced a looming Ottoman Turkish incursion into Syria, analysts have told The Media Line.

A statement from the White House after President Donald Trump
...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party...
spoke with Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
Posted by:trailing wife

#5  Loathsome as Assad is there is a natural fit between Assad's Alaiwites and the Kurds -- they are both minority "outsiders". Besides, "Kurdistan Irredenta" would require the Kurds, or their sponsor, declaring war on Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey.
Posted by: magpie   2019-10-09 20:30  

#4  The U.S. left-wing media's balloon sure lost air quickly on this story. They were all about Orange Man Bad and Stupid for a very short time.
Posted by: JohnQC   2019-10-09 10:58  

#3  Assuming YPG is really Sein Fein to PKK's IRA, an alliance with "Yearning for the Good Old Days" Putin seems like an inevitable match.
Posted by: Mercutio   2019-10-09 09:55  

#2  Cluster---.
Kudos to Trump for having the good sense to keep us out.
Posted by: Lex   2019-10-09 02:41  

#1  As predicted.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-10-09 01:57  

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