The Assad-SDF deal was in the works before Turkey’s Syria operation

The rapid interest of Turkish security forces and allies in northeastern Syria dropped the forefront of YPG, a Marxist guerrilla group seeking to pioneer an autonomous region.

Now a Syrian group of PKK terrorist organizations, the group is ensuring survival through dialogue with the Basar al-Assad regime.

Following US President Donald Trump's decision to leave Syria, US soldiers who supported and sponsored YPG began to withdraw this week.

Details of the deal between the Syrian Democratic Party (SDF) and the Assad regime, another name for the YPG-led group, were not officially announced.

However, this information suggested that the SDF encouraged Syrian regime forces to take over the city along the Syria-Turkey border, and some countries Surrender & # 39;.

This deal was expected

“I'm not surprised. The SDF had to choose to contract with Turkey or cooperate with the Assad regime, ”said Middle East analyst Ryan Bohl of Stratfor think tank. TRT World.

President Trump says the US will withdraw from Syria in April 2018, and low-level SDF officials began contacting Damascus last summer. ”

Contrary to the impression that SDF commander Mazloum Abdi (PKK armed) wrote an article that this contract was the last resort, he actually went to work for more than a year.

(Abdi's real name is Ferhat Abdi Sahin, and he's been heavily hit by Turkey.)

The SDF expects the presence of the Syrian regime, supported by the Russian Air Force and Iranian militias, to prevent Turkey from pushing the offensive.

But Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made it clear that Turkey will not back down despite Washington's sanctions and worsening relations with the EU.

What can I get from SDF?

not really.

The SDF asked the Syrian army to keep the city outskirts and want to keep it under administrative control. But such a batch will not work for a long time.

Professor Ball said it is unlikely that SDF / YPG will have a high level of autonomy in northeastern Syria. “Now, they are just trying to be useful to the Assad regime. They will try to improve the Kurdish rights in a post-democratic war setting, but it will take a long time. ”

Assad proved to be an uncompromising politician who believes in the centralization of power rather than revolution.

“If Assad decided to abandon their rights, there would be no special economic opportunity. At this point, the SDF doesn't really have any leverage, ”Bohl said.

The Turkish army, on the other hand, drove the YPG out of the border cities of Tal Abyad and Ras Al Ayn in a furious battle in which more than 630 terrorists were killed.

Turkey has controlled some of the important M4 motorways that cross the Iraqi border and serve as a major supply channel.

Ankara warned for years that YPG, a Syrian affiliate of the PKK terrorist organization, was unacceptable because it threatened the Turkish border city.

PKK rebelled in Turkey for decades, killing more than 40,000 people. It was listed as a terrorist organization by the Turkish and NATO allies, the US and the European Union.

Some Western media tried to disregard the PKK-YPG relationship, but both groups were inspired by prison leader Abdullah O Kalan. Ocalan's photo adorns the YPG office, and US officials officially admit that the two groups are almost indistinguishable.

The United States armed with militants to fight Dash, which struck parts of Syria and Iraq in 2014, in conjunction with the YPG a few years ago.

In 2016, Turkey cleaned up the border city Jarabblus of the Dash militants and prevented the SDF from moving to Afghanistan anymore.

The main points of SDF-Assad are:

• West and northwest of Tal Abyad, where Turkish troops expelled YPG: The SDF agreed to allow the Syrian regime to enter and control the Syrian regime from Tabka to Ain Issa, while the Syrian regime Only beads led to Ayn ​​al Arab with Kovani.

• The east and southeast of Ras al-Ain, where the Turkish military liquidated the YPG: the Syrian regime has access to everything from Tal Tamer, Kami Sicily, and South.

• The land mass between Tal Avid and Ras Al Ain, when the Turkish army cleared YPG,Fight& # 39; Take place.

• The SDF promised to preserve the unity of Syrian territory under the guidance of Bashar al Assad. This actually means that the SDF will fight with allegiance to the Syrian regime.

The details of this deal appeared online and were actually a & # 39; memorandum of understanding & # 39; and were signed only by SDF executives, not by the administration of the Syrian regime. SDF shared the same MoU yesterday, but today there is doubt.

Source: TRT World