Im sure they were.
I can point one exmpl on this topic from Bosnia. Turkey in recent years ramped up its diplomatic, economic and other outreach to Bosnia and the region. President Erdogan and former PM Davotouglu visited Bosnia for several times.
Almost on que, anti-erdogan/turkish propaganda...
BREAKING: YPG call on Kurds & Arabs to unite and defend the region against the 'terrorist' regime."
:laughcry:
Yeah, sure. After you stabbed them in d back for numerious time, etnicly cleansed number of their viligaes - FSA and others are to eager to help ypg.
While this incidents in hasaka...
Trumps will not be an US president. As for Clinton, its no secret that she and Obama had very different aproach to Syria and ME in large. For example, Clinton argued for military intervention (removoing Assad), NFZ, or at least safe zones along the turkish border. Erdogan and Turkey argued for...
with out of question.
Next US administration will need to work hard to earn back the trust of its allies, esspecially Turkey. Oportunity for a hard bargain :)
See this, no way Turkey does this
And rebel Aleppo operations room just announced the entire Hama side a militairy zone. Including Assad supply lines for Aleppo.
True to some extent, but you must remeber that Obama admin looks at Syrian crisis solely as CT problem. They are only interesting in combating ISIS. Helll they allied them self with iranian backed shia militias in Iraq who are responsoble for numerous american deaths.... Fortunetly Obama is on...
Its a dance. Cooperation is a strong word. Yeah, they are talking but I dont think there is a "deal" to be made still. Same thing with Russia, while Erdo was preapering for his trip to Russia rebels were decimating regime forces in Aleppo and broke the siege (something that took regime/russia...
Cause by their account 50% of turkish Kurds vote for AKP, and more of them serve in Turkish army then joining PKK. Also, its just my feeling, PKK excpected that there will be mass support by Kurds in SE for their attacks followed with large popular uprising.
Behind Closed Doors at the U.N., Russia and Turkey Are Still Battling
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, met early last week in St. Petersburg to repair relations that have sharply deteriorated since Turkey’s November 2015 shootdown of a Russian...
It seams YPG spokesman was a bit too optimistic in his first report. Coalition did nothing except few fly bys, regime jets came back and bomb them again. Russia will probably stay out of this....
This is lose-lose situation for US on the other hand. If they intervine and lets say bring down...
As i said earlier
As a Response to the Kurdish federalism , "Army of the Eastern tribes" establishment in Syria
http://en.eldorar.com/node/1783
69 FSA groups from across Syria condemn & reject PYD's plans for Kurdish zone & reiterate desire for Syrian unity: