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September 1, 2016       Share:    

Source: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4848640,00.html

An Israeli Perspective on the Syrian Kurds

(Ynet News) Alex Fishman - Israel's strategy in Syria is based on the assumption that if the country breaks into autonomous minorities, this would stop the Iranian/Shi'ite takeover and eventually thwart the main threat to Israel: an Iranian hold on the Golan Heights. But the Americans are now selling out the Syrian Kurds to the Turks. The Turks and Russians reached an understanding according to which the Turks will accept that Assad remains in power for an interim period and in return, the Russians will allow them to fly through Syrian airspace, bomb and destroy the Kurdish autonomous contiguity in Syria, and create a buffer zone that would keep both ISIS and the Kurds away from the Turkish border.

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