makes me wonder what vets of

artappraiser — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 00:35:20 +0000

In reply to Explainer: How Turkey and Russia Carved Up Northern Syria

makes me wonder what vets of the Russian invasion of Afghanistan are thinking:

Russia Begins Ground Patrols in Northeastern Syria

SDF ain’t complying with Moscow here: https://t.co/yWYcMJFRw3
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) October 25, 2019

It's not like this is a former SSR.

Russia Demands All U.S.

artappraiser — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 20:50:28 +0000

In reply to Explainer: How Turkey and Russia Carved Up Northern Syria

Russia Demands All U.S. Troops Leave Syria, Slams Trump's Occupying Force

Trump, who ordered the partial withdrawal, said this week that a 'small number of U.S. troops would remain' in Syria, particularly to protect oil facilities

@ Haaretz.com, Oct 24, 2019 3:17 PM

Russia demanded on Thursday that any remaining U.S. soldiers in Syria leave the country, denouncing the United States as an occupying force in the war-torn Middle Eastern state.

"As for the presence of American soldiers in Syria, our position is well known. Only the Russian units are present in Syria legitimately at the invitation of the Syrian leadership," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in comments carried by state news agency TASS.

The U.S. abruptly withdrew forces from northern Syria earlier this month, days before NATO ally Turkey began an offensive against Kurdish militants in the region whom the U.S. had been protecting.

Russia, the main military backer of the Syrian government, reached a deal with Turkey this week to share control over parts of northern Syria that had been targeted in the Turkish offensive, obligating the Kurdish militants to leave such areas [....]

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