Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia March 5, 2020. Pavel Golovkin/Pool via REUTERS
Tuvan Gumrukcu, Reuters: Ceasefire in Syria's Idlib comes at a cost for Turkey's Erdogan
ANKARA (Reuters) - Days before he flew to Moscow to strike a ceasefire deal with Russia to halt fighting in Syria’s Idlib, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan warned Syrian government forces to pull back or they would not have a “head left on their shoulders”.
After six hours of talks with Vladimir Putin, a somber Erdogan announced an accord which cements territorial gains by Russian-backed Syrian forces over Turkish-backed rebels.
Returning from Russia, Erdogan said his deal with Putin will lay the ground for stability in Idlib and protect civilians who could otherwise become refugees in Turkey, after months of fighting that has displaced nearly a million people.
“The ceasefire brings about important gains,” he said.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 6, 2020
Erdogan’s Ottoman Dreams Lie Broken in Syria -- Marc Champion, Bloomberg View
'The mood is hostile': Syrians in Turkey still caught in Idlib crossfire -- Bethan McKernan and Hussein Akoush, The Guardian
What Afghanistan Can Learn from the Cautionary Tale of Colombia’s Terror Troubles -- William Shriver and Michael Kugelman, National Interest
US-Taliban agreement — a male-dominated affair -- Waslat Hasrat-Nazimi, DW
Religious polarization: Is India following Pakistan's path? -- Atif Tauqeer, DW
Kenya-Somali row: Has a phone call brought peace? -- BBC
Trouble as Trump dives into the dispute over Ethiopia's Nile mega-dam -- Benita van Eyssen, DW
Libya fighting: Foreign powers want stake now, as in past -- Al Jazeera
Not money, but lives: the real cost of the Yukos case -- Leonid Nevzlin, CapX
China’s X-Files and the virus blame game -- Gordon Watts, Asia Times
Asylum-seekers, coronavirus collide with complicated results -- Pablo Gorondi, AP
Standard U.S. economic weapons may be inadequate for coronavirus crisis -- Howard Schneider, Jonnelle Marte, and Lindsay Dunsmuir, Reuters
Coronavirus outbreak: Quarantine stories go viral online -- Al Jazeera
When did the dollar cease to be a safe haven? -- David P. Goldman, Asia Times
