INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Turkeys foreign minister will consult with his Russian and Iranian equivalents in Doha on Saturday to search for a service to the renewed
fighting in Syria and avoid turmoil on its doorstep.The 3 countries have been partners since 2017 in the Astana process seeking to end the
This is despite the fact they have supported opposite sides on the battlefield.Moscow and Tehran have actually offered military assistance
to help President Bashar al-Assad crush the opposition.Meanwhile Ankara, without being directly included, has supported various rebel
motions and searched their recent lightning advances positively
For Ankara, there is both opportunity and risk in Syrias altering balance of power, stated Hamish Kinnear, an expert at experts Verisk
Maplecroft.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who today gotten in touch with Assad to reconcile with his people , stated Friday he
hoped the advance of the rebels would continue without event , openly identifying their goal as Damascus.Turkey is no easy bystander,
sharing a 900-kilometer border with Syria and hosting almost three million Syrian refugees.For the minute, the precise role of Turkey in
this circumstance stays a subject of speculation, stated Omer Ozkizilcik, a researcher in Ankara linked to the Atlantic Council
But what is clear is that without being directly involved, Turkey gave its green light to the offensive, he said.Complicated relationsEven
though Ankaras relations with the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) spearheading the offensive are generally made complex, the
Turkish federal government was plainly knowledgeable about the preparations, Ozkizilcik added.The crucial thing for Turkey is stability in
Syria and a safe area to which Syrian refugees can return, stated Gonul Tol, Turkey director of the Middle East Institute in
Washington.Erdogan is no longer insisting on the complete elimination of the Assad regime which would produce a space that would benefit the
Islamic State group and Kurdish militants, she said.Assad has turned down Erdogans recent efforts to fulfill, insisting that ahead of time
Turkish forces must leave the northwest of Syria, where they are deployed to combat Kurdish forces.Assads rejection to meet Erdogan has even
inflamed Russian President Vladimir Putin, Tol said.Power vacuum Assad managed to piss everyone off, consisting of Iranians and Russians and
Turks, everyone, due to the fact that he has actually been dragging his feet on efforts to reach a deal with both Turkey and others, she
said.Turkey and Russia could seek to promote a shift federal government without Assad however with some aspects of his program and the
opposition, she said.Iran, for its part, is upset by the lack of assistance Assad revealed after the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan
Nasrallah, whose forces had come to Assads help throughout the civil war.The Qatar meeting which brings together Russias Sergei Lavrov,
Turkeys Hakan Fidan, and Iran's Abbas Araghchi might signify completion of Assad in power, the experts say.As a previous head of Turkish
intelligence, Fidan is well versed in Syrian affairs and understands all the key gamers, stated Sinan Ulgen, an expert with Carnegie Europe
