Under the above title, Vladimir Mochin, wrote in Nezavisimaya Gazeta that the Syrian National Dialogue Conference to be held in Sochi at the end of January is threatened with non-convening because of the Turkish operation.
The article said that the threat of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to launch a military operation on the Syrian Afrin began to take place on the ground.
According to the media, Turkish forces carried out large-scale strikes on Kurdish forces in the area targeted by the operation.
“This appears to be only a prelude to a major war that Ankara and its allies in Syria are preparing against the Kurdish people’s protection units in northern Syria.
In his January 16 speech to parliament, Erdogan said Syrian opposition fighters would take part in large-scale military operations against Kurdish fighters from the People’s Protection Units (a terrorist group in Turkey).
With their participation, the battles will erupt not only in Afrin, but also in Manbaj.
It is no secret – as stated in the article – that Kurdish self-defense units operating in Afrin have little in common with the Americans.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, in September 2017, Russia sent its units to Afrin and, with the help of the military police, deployed control posts to ensure “compliance with the ceasefire in the so-called zone of reducing escalation.” There are Russian military units of police and observation posts in the Manbaj area.
The article also states that Turkey, like Russia, has its own interests in the region … Turkey has its geopolitical and economic goals, which are far from supporting Syrian unity.
It is linked to the preservation of land occupied by the pro-Turkish Syrian opposition in Idlib, Aleppo, Latakia and other US-controlled territories now. While Moscow still does not pay particular attention to these interests.
The author of the article, especially when a number of pro-US and pro-US armed opposition groups have announced that they will not attend the National Dialogue Conference in Sochi. This is the result of the American position and the Turkish process.
