Erdogan plans to turn Syria's Idlib into a new "Republic of Northern Cyprus"
Erdogan has repeatedly promised Trump, Putin, Xi, and others that he does not intend to divide Syria. Archives
Under the above heading, Alexander Sitnikov wrote in the Russian newspaper "Svobodnaya Pressa" about granting Ankara, in practice, the "Peace Shield" operations room the status of a "military occupation administration" for Syria.
The article said: Disturbing news coming from Syria. Major General Vyacheslav Gladkikh was assassinated in Deir Ezzor province.
It is noteworthy that the assassination of Gladkikh came after Turkey established a "Peace Shield" operations room to coordinate all military operations in Syria. The American Military Watch analysis portal believes that Ankara has thus "strengthened" its occupation of the northern Idlib Governorate.
In recent days, in addition to the assassination of the Russian general Gladkikh, another important event occurred, which coincided suddenly with the beginning of the work of the military administration of the Turkish occupation. The Peace Shield operations room cannot be called otherwise. By “accidentally” the Turks shot down the MQ-9 Reaper, a drone of their NATO partner, the United States. Ankara may have angered the regular strikes by US drones for its friendly proxies from Al Qaeda in northwestern and northern Syria. ”This information was published by the weighty South Front news source, which covers the war in the Middle East.
The question that arises, now, is whether the killing of Russian General Gladkikh and the destruction of two US MQ-9 Reaper drones were episodes in one series? Both matters, the first and the second, can be considered as Turkish signals to Russia and America, "Do not interfere in this region, it is ours."
Yes, Ankara covets Idlib. Erdogan has repeatedly promised Trump, Putin, Xi, and others that he has no intention of dividing Syria. However, if Kurdistan emerged as a state on the ruins of Iraq and Syria, this region would undoubtedly count as Turkey. The likelihood of such a development of events occurring will increase exponentially with the fall of the lion.
Idlib, strategically important to the security of the former Ottoman Empire. Most likely, this province will be treated like the unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, because due to its territorial proximity to the capital, it will be listed as Turkey.