{"id":15654,"date":"2018-12-27T04:39:05","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T04:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=15654"},"modified":"2018-12-27T04:39:05","modified_gmt":"2018-12-27T04:39:05","slug":"further-coop-necessary-among-iran-russiaturkey-in-syria-logoglu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/further-coop-necessary-among-iran-russiaturkey-in-syria-logoglu\/","title":{"rendered":"Further coop. necessary among Iran, Russia,Turkey in Syria: Logoglu"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TEHRAN, Dec. 27 (MNA) \u2013A senior member of Turkey\u2019s CHP says further cooperation among Iran, Russia and Turkey is necessary after the US withdrawal from Syria.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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After President Trump said he would withdraw all US troops from Syria, Turkey’s president on Dec. 21 delayed operations against Kurdish forces in<\/strong><\/p>\n

Major players in and around Syria have started positioning their forces as discussions get under way on how to proceed once US forces vacate the country and their fight against the last remnants of the ISIL.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Turkey vowed on Monday that the fight against ISIL would not be slowed by the US withdrawal from Syria, where Ankara-backed groups reinforced their positions around the potential flashpoint town of Manbij.<\/strong><\/p>\n

While Ankara considers PYD and YPG as terrorist groups, these Kurdish groups have been US close partners in Syria in the US alleged fight against ISIL.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To know more about the opportunities and threats of the US withdrawal from Syria for Turkey we reached out to Dr. Osman Faruk Logoglu, a senior member of Turkey\u2019s Republican People’s Party (CHP).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Touching upon the reasons behind the US president\u2019s decision to pull out from Syria, Logoglu said, \u201cWhile a belated step in the right direction, the US pullout alone is not necessarily a blessing without other powers leaving at the same. President Trump wishes to divert the attention of the American people from his domestic troubles, aims to please the average America family at the holiday season by bringing troops home and as in Afghanistan, wants to walk away from the cost of fighting ISIL in Syria.\u00a0\u00a0These are all \u201cAmerica-first\u201d reasons.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Commenting on the consequences of the US pull out he went on to say, \u201cThe withdrawal could however be of some value if it serves to energize the UN Geneva peace process for Syria.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Turkey could thus turn the US pullout into an opportunity by pressing for the formation of the constitutional committee and for it to start its deliberations.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

He added, \u201cWith the pullout, President Trump has tendered the fight against ISIL to its coalition partners, but most particularly to Turkey.\u00a0\u00a0He tweeted so specifically, saying President Erdo\u011fan is the person to finish ISIL. So now Turkey is faced with the double task of fighting both ISIL and PYD\/YPG which for Ankara is the Syrian extension of the terrorist organization PKK.\u00a0\u00a0In the meantime, the American decision is likely to push the PYD\/YPG into a closer relationship with the Syrian government.\u00a0\u00a0Any new military operations by Turkey could, therefore, be met with resistance from an alliance between Esad and PYD\/YPG.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Referring to the significance of more cooperation among Iran, Russia and Turkey after Trump\u2019s game changing act, Logoglu said, \u201cNuances among Turkey, Russia, and Iran will henceforth be more pronounced as their interests and priorities differ in Syria, especially now that the US has changed the rules of the game.\u00a0\u00a0There will thus be a need for tighter coordination between Turkey, Russia, and Iran, including on Ankara\u2019s concerns and intended steps in Syria.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Commenting on the possible Saudi\u2019s role in reconstruction of Syria and its possible destructive role and policies near Turkey\u2019s borders, he said, \u201cThe reconstruction of Syria, once peace and stability are secured, will be a gigantic task.\u00a0\u00a0It will be up to the Government of Syria who does what and under which conditions.\u00a0\u00a0Like others, Saudi Arabia may take a role in rebuilding Syria \u2013 there is no problem with that. For Turkey, however, our neighbor Syria will always only be the people and the Government of Syria.\u00a0\u00a0It is incumbent upon Turkey to develop a strategy for the post-conflict Syria and assume a major role in the country\u2019s reconstruction.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TEHRAN, Dec. 27 (MNA) \u2013A senior member of Turkey\u2019s CHP says further cooperation among Iran, Russia and Turkey is necessary after the US withdrawal from Syria. After President Trump said he would withdraw all US troops from Syria, Turkey’s president on Dec. 21 delayed operations against Kurdish forces in Major players in and around Syria …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":15655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news-and-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15656,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15654\/revisions\/15656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}