We crossed who i was going to be here as he is a writer on Legal Affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate lets go to london 1st alex we had a stress test over syria particularly and we had the leaders of turkey and russia meeting and we came to a conclusion now it could be spun a lot of different ways but essentially the turks back down why. Well i think the back down for 2 reasons firstly the the fount that militarily they were outmatched theyre not in a position to take on the syrian army and the Russian Air Force one on the same time and they were suffering casualties and i think that was one reason why they pulled back but the other reason was that they found that they had no diplomatic support or military support or Political Support from their western allies the United States ruled out any military action in support of turkey they refused to send it to
Allowing refugees to move migrants to move in their efforts to enter europe so i think the turkish government and president gun made the correct decision in the circumstances which is that turkey really was not in a position to advance and to throw back the syrian army back to the original sort she sees for our lives that were agreed in september 2018 and the result is that they pulled back and have allowed the syrian army to retain its military gains and theyve taken steps to the way towards a reopening the highways but it is but this hasnt resolved the issue here because turkey still refuses to start dealing with this jarvis element that is in bedded in and we its take 2 steps forward one step back its not resolving anything and a lot of people are saying this is a temporary solution to a problem that only turkey can now solve because we have to remind our viewers the Syrian Government sees these jihadists elem. Its as terrorists and they must be dealt with and theyre in the status q
A news wrap up for this hour thanks for tuning in. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guests of the world of politics or business im show business ill see you have. A low in welcome to cross talk were all things are considered im Peter Lavelle russia and turkey negotiate deescalation regarding what is next for syria also the coronavirus is it time to start rethinking the impact of globalization. Ross talking some real news im joined by my guest underneath the new guy own he is a professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations we also have a political analyst and editor and innocently internet media project and in london we crossed who i was going to be here as he is a writer on Legal Affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com or a german crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate lets go to london 1st alex we had a stress test over syria particularly an adlib we had th
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