Allies well i think the president of the gun is in a very difficult position and awkward position in fact why because hes dealing with 2 different americas America Donald trump which in fact we all know that he gave him somehow a green light in order to go inside syria and then he has he has had the changes mind many many times actually because hes coming under pressure from both inside his inside the administration and also from his allies in the region and we have another america which is that stablish with the Foreign Policy establishment including the state department have been going on also you have the congress who are very much against and you a spell out from from syria and against that the operation against the sea the Democratic Forces that establishment in america believes that the United States actually by betraying the actually is giving a very bad message to its allies in the region. This is something not good for america. Blossoming dont forget the United States if it wi
The United States actually by betraying. Actually is giving a very bad message to its allies in the region and this is something not but what i mean a couple us i mean dont forget the United States if it withdraws from syria it will not be party to this conflict anymore it will not have any leverage and the syrian conflict and some actually also see that russia is winning in this case because america is actually pulling out so that something of the gun is actually dealing with 2 different americas this is actually what makes his position very very difficult and this is what mixed actually the thrust also with the United States is very low now as we are recording this program on friday afternoon and there are already news coming in that at least in one like this suppose that cease fire has been breached and that there are there are direct military confrontation between the Turkish Military and some of the kurdish groups speech at least me to my next question as part of the deal struck l
Dynamics on the middle east and its important to recognize that everything here is on the record. Before we begin id like to highlight the Atlantic Councils collaboration with ifpi, which is the Italian Institute for International Political studies. This is the second year that our two organizations have partners produced an outstanding work on the changing landscape in the middle east. Today we are pleased to release our new collected volume, the mino region, and its now available for download online. A special thanks goes out to the president of ifpi, ambassador monsolo for his continuous collaboration in our joint ventures and indebted to the Italian Foreign ministry, in particular to the italian ambassador for his unwavering drive to see our two institutions partnering for not only the two countries they represent, but for the entire community. Ambassador monsolo couldnt be here at the last minute, but asked me to read this note. Its great regret i address you all in writing when i
Getting and welcome your chin the weekly here on out. The syrian army has begun moving to the north of the country where turkeys carrying out an offensive against the kurds damascus media added that the army will quote confront turkish aggression on syrian territory of the report suggests the syrian army has already entered the town of man bitch damascus is also reportedly planning to retake the town of kabbani within the next 48 hours just learned this professor at the university of oklahoma scholars of International Studies and director of the u. S. Center for middle east studies told us the regions rich resources are crucial for damascus. Well i think were going to were seeing a scramble for the northeast of syria in the same way that there was a scramble during the collapse of isis and. The resort. This is the area are going to be the 1st to be taken as we saw with the oil fields around areas or and i think what were going to see is the Syrian Government is going to try to go acros
Messed things up for long enough youre not really listening the only way we can actually get your attention is actually by civil disobedience rebellion is without question britains Fastest Growing pagan religion. Joining me here on r. T. International with the weekly. Media reporting the syrian army has begun moving to the north of the country where turkey is carrying out an offensive against the kurds as the latest. Were just receiving reports that the Kurdish Administration and the Syrian Government have signed an agreement that will see the syrian Army Deployed along the whole border with turkey in nasr in state media is reporting that the Syrian Army Forces are making their way to the north of the country in an effort to stage off what they call an offensive by turkey on syrian territory at the same time were hearing from lebanon this television reporting that some of the Syrian Forces have a really interesting more than story in town of money bish and that they were able to do so