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2019-10-16 The Grand Turk

Erdogan says that a safe zone has been established in northeastern Syria, adding that refugees in Turkey will be moved to the area

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Posted by Fred 2019-10-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top
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#1 How long to the Turks think the refugees will stay put when the Kurds bombard them to take back the land?

Posted by Victor Emmanuel Flusoling2728 2019-10-16 00:59|| 2019-10-16 00:59|| Front Page Top

#2 So Erdogan assumes the SAA will not attempt to drive them out? Interesting thought of Erdogan's that Assad will sit by while Turkey annexes a third (or more) of Syria.

Posted by magpie 2019-10-16 03:25|| 2019-10-16 03:25|| Front Page Top

#3 First I thought of forcible immigration, but the original article says - Erdogan wrote [in WSJ] that Syrian refugees in Turkey will be moved to the safe zone because “the international community missed its opportunity to prevent the Syrian crisis from pulling an entire region into a maelstrom of instability.”

Which sounds almost reasonable, if political. Alarabia article

Posted by Bobby 2019-10-16 08:53|| 2019-10-16 08:53|| Front Page Top

#4 So this whole thing was just Yipyip's way of moving refugees out of his hair? Lebensraum in a fez?

Posted by Mercutio 2019-10-16 12:03|| 2019-10-16 12:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Sounds better than letting the refugees go to Europe.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-10-16 14:21|| 2019-10-16 14:21|| Front Page Top

#6 So this whole thing was just Yipyip's way of moving refugees out of his hair?
Establishing an excuse to annex northern Syria as a protectorate like the Republic of Northern Cyprus -- a (quote) country (unquote) that only Turkey recognizes.

Posted by magpie 2019-10-16 18:29|| 2019-10-16 18:29|| Front Page Top

#7 ABC News has video of safe zone, refugee camp. Trump not seen assisting Kurds.

Posted by swksvolFF 2019-10-16 22:00|| 2019-10-16 22:00|| Front Page Top

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