ECONOMIC LEVERAGE
Türkiye has lengthy held ties with HTS, and analysts say that because the rebels took over Syria, each side have sought to revenue from the connection.
Ankara accuses the Folks’s Safety Items (YPG) – the primary part of the SDF – of being affiliated with the Kurdistan Staff’ Get together (PKK), which has waged a decades-long insurgency on Turkish soil.
Earlier this month, a Syria specialist who advises Western diplomats in Türkiye stated: “The Turks want to push HTS into placing on the Kurds however HTS does not wish to become involved.”
Though Ankara’s function in Assad’s overthrow had been “overstated”, Türkiye now has “actual financial leverage” due to the 900-kilometre border it shares with Syria, the supply stated on situation of anonymity.
How the situation develops will also depend on US President-elect Donald Trump, who takes workplace on Jan 20 however has already proclaimed that “Turkey goes to carry the important thing to Syria”.
