{"id":67781,"date":"2016-09-05T08:40:42","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T12:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=67781"},"modified":"2016-09-05T08:40:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T12:40:42","slug":"turk-tanks-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=67781","title":{"rendered":"Turk tanks in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Associated Press<\/a> reports that Turkey has sent 20 tanks and five armored personnel carriers into northern Syria. They are accompanying anti-Assad Syrian rebels as they sweep aside ISIS fighters along the Turkey-Syria frontier. Since the operation began on Saturday, seven towns have been liberated. <\/p>\n

IS, which once controlled hundreds of miles of territory along the Turkish border and used it to bring in foreign fighters and supplies, now only rules a 21-kilometer (13-mile) stretch of the frontier. The group has suffered a string of defeats in recent months in both Syria and Iraq.<\/p>\n

Some 5,000 U.S. and Turkish-backed Syrian rebels have crossed into northern Syria from Turkey to participate in the so-called Euphrates Shield operation, according to local journalist Adnan al-Hussein, who is embedded with the groups.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Meanwhile, the US and Russia are in talks about cooperating to end the conflict in Syria, but they can’t seem to get there from here, according to AFP<\/a>. Of course, John Kerry has the lead in negotiations with the Russians and we all know what a stellar negotiator Kerry is. Coupled with the Nobel-prize winning President, what could go wrong?<\/p>\n

The White House has been reluctant to tether Obama personally to a deal that could well fail.<\/p>\n

Earlier truces in Syria have rapidly deteriorated, and Obama warned Sunday that the US was approaching the talks “with some scepticism”.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

The White House is also highly reluctant to offer Putin a high-profile stage to gain international legitimacy after his backing for a regime that has used chemical weapons on civilians.<\/p>\n

Obama has steadfastly refused to meet Putin for official talks, instead talking with him in “pull-asides” at closed multilateral meetings.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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