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Putin manipulates Erdoğan, plays the Kurds, and weakens America

By Tom Rogan
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Putin manipulates Erdoğan, plays the Kurds, and weakens America

Summoned by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was in Sochi, Russia, on Tuesday. In a communiqué following the meeting, the two leaders agreed that Russian forces would supervise a Kurdish withdrawal from an area of northern Syria contested by Turkish forces.

But that’s just the paper headline. This is a big win for Putin.

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Bashar Assad Kurds Recep Tayyip Erdogan Russia Syria Turkey Vladimir Putin