when you see this turkish riot police officer, you hear what he says, he says god is great, don t forget aleppo, don t forget syria. do you see his motorizations as a radicalized islamic terrorist or someone that is more a nationalist? it s hard to know at this point, but what is your instinct? turkey has the distinction of being hated by all sides in the syrian civil war. in the syrian civil war, you have kurds and isis and the assad regime, but they all fight turkey at the same time. you re seeing a government employee, whose job is to be apolitical, carry out a political murder. so this points to a very dangerous trajectory for turkey. for a very long time, turkey was known as a country of stability.
other. tell us how this will affect relations, especially as these are big players in the fight against isis. russia and turkey have had really difficult relations since the syrian civil war. turkey backs the rebels, russia backs the assad regime. they were locked in a proxy war and that came to an end when they decided to normalize relation. and we saw russia and turkey coming to a convergence relating to most issues on syria. east aleppo is about to fall into the hands of pro-russian regime. and they had a deal, the russians and turks, that they could evacuate the civilians. so it looked like things were working out. the assassination of the ambassador will derail turkish-russian normalization. but i think they got a lot what they wanted in syria, the fall of aleppo.
in supporting syria s assad regime amid a humanitarian crisis taking place in war-torn aleppo. following the ambassador s assassination, turkish president erdogan and russian president putin spoke by phone. both countries, along with iran, expected to hold a summit on syria in moscow on tuesday. the slain ambassador had served as russia s ambassador to turkey since 2013. he was married and had one son, according to the russian embassy. and for the russians now, the question may be how much of the terror threat has now expanded to their presence in turkey, a nato ally? brianna? barbara starr, thank you for that report. let s go back to our experts now. we re also joined by the director of the turkish research program in washington. this is in your wheel house when we talk about russia and turkey and how they relate to each
after turkish forces shot down a russian war plane near the syrian border in november 2015. russia also is widely blamed by many in the region for its part in supporting syria s assad regime amid a humanitarian crisis taking place in war-torn aleppo. following the ambassador s assassination, turkey s president and president putin spoke by phone to a news agency. both countries along with iran expected to hold a summit with syria in months cow on tuesday. the slan in ambassador had serv as russian ambassador to turkey since 2013. he was married with one son, according to the russian embassy. for months cow, the evaluation may have to be made to what extent its involvement in syria has now resulted in a trend towards more violence next door in turkey.
we are not. this is such a personal decision. the vice president has to sort this out. he has been so open and talking about how difficult this time is for him and his family. he is obviously considering what he wants to do, including whether he wants to run. i just have the greatest respect and affection for him. i think everybody ought to give him the space to decide what is best for him and his family. the united states is increasing the number of refugees it will admit and resettle in the upcoming year. 85,000 refugees will be accepted in 2016. it covers the white house commitment to help europe deal with the migrant crisis. in 2017, the total number will be increased to 100,000. secretary of state john kerry making the visit during a trip to germany. syria s assad regime is