Why do the Turks have such a negative sentiment towards its ally? It is worth noting that Ankara and Washington have been at odds over several issues. For instance, in 2019 the US imposed sanctions on Turkey over Ankara’s incursion into Syrian Kurdistan. A year later, Washington once again punished its NATO partner, this time because of Turkey’s decision to purchase S-400 air defense systems from Russia. In addition, the US supports the Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Syria, while Ankara sees the YGP as a terrorist organization because of its alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Moreover, to this day America refuses to extradite to Turkey Fetullah Gulen – a Pennsylvania-based former ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan turned deadly enemy, who is accused of complicity in a 2016 failed coup attempt.
Although improving ties with both, Russia and the United States, seems to be one of Erdogan’s top priorities for the time being, Ankara will likely keep implementing its relatively sovereign foreign policy, which could eventually lead to confrontation with Moscow. Russian media and analysts have already started blaming Turkey for its actions in Syria’s Idlib province that is controlled by the Turkey-backed forces. They accuse Ankara of de facto annexation of the region by introducing Turkish lira as the official currency, giving Turkish passports to the local population, and building schools and hospitals in the north of Syria. Ironically enough, that is exactly what the Kremlin is doing in the Donbass region of Ukraine that has been under control of the pro-Russian forces since 2014.

Russia good, Turkey bad. /s

Turkish-US Relations Won’t Recover Until US Drops ‘Greater Kurdistan Project’

Greater Kurdistan: A Work in Progress Brought to You by NATO, President Peace Prize and… Israel

Regional Remake Birth Pangs- Syria, In a Repeat of The Balkanization/Destruction Of Iraq

Cynical US Policy on Syria Revealed: Block the Russians and Iranians, Destroy the Economy, to Hell with the People

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

By Peter Ford | 21st Century Wire | December 15, 2020
The Rambo of the State Department is leaving. James Jeffrey, the outgoing Syria envoy, boasts about his achievements in a recent candid interview with Al-Monitor which with no sense of shame opens up to public gaze the cynicism, callousness and sheer power-crazedness of US policy on Syria, conducted as though it were a video game or a game of Monopoly.
Cynical US Policy on Syria Revealed: Block the Russians and Iranians, Destroy the Economy, to Hell with the People

I don’t believe that Trump would “apply the brakes,” though!

The battle of Idlib is far from over – Elijah J. Magnier

March 14, 2020 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

By Elijah J. Magnier: @ejmalrai The opening of the Saraqeb-Latakia road, known as the M4, is scheduled for this Sunday the 15th of March as established during the memorandum protocol signed in Moscow between the two presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan following the battle of Saraqeb.
— Read on ejmagnier.com/2020/03/14/the-battle-of-idlib-is-far-from-over/

President Bashar al-Assad’s Interview with Russia 24

March 12, 2020 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

syriatimes.sy – President Bashar al-Assad’s Interview with Russia 24
— Read on syriatimes.sy/index.php/presidential-activities/47313-president-bashar-al-assad-s-interview-with-russia-24

I thought the Muslim Brotherhood had changed?! 🤔💭

US-Backed SDF Resumes Selling Syria’s Oil to Al-Nusra Front

March 11, 2020 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

FarsNews Agency – US-Backed SDF Resumes Selling Syria’s Oil to Al-Nusra Front
— Read on en.farsnews.ir/newstext.aspx

Western propaganda against Turkey, by Thierry Meyssan

March 10, 2020 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

With all due respect to the editorial staff of Le Monde, the question is not at all the “escalation around Idlib”, which can stop instantly, but whether the NATO member states will let Turkey be destroyed or not.

It is time to stop whining about the unfortunate families of jihadists and take responsibility before a new country is crushed.
— Read on www.voltairenet.org/article209397.html