The precipitous fall of el-Assad constitutes a boon for Recep Tayyip Erdogan who gets rid of a long-standing enemy and can hope to extend his influence over a deeply troubled region.
This article comes from “Figaro Magazine”
- Ankara's pragmatism and patience got the better of El-Assad
Last July, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he was ready to invite Bashar al-Assad to Türkiye. The fall and then flight last weekend of the dictator risks definitively closing the chapter in relations between the two men. For months now, Erdogan has no longer hidden his exasperation at the former president's refusal to “reconcile” to resolve two problems that are close to his heart: eliminating the Kurdish forces massed on his border and sending back to their country the 3 million of Syrian refugees present on its land.
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