As the U.S. withdraws, Assad and Putin are emerging as the winners in Syria

“Others may want to come in and fight for one side or the other,” he posted on Twitter on Sunday. “Let them!”

As the regime’s troops creep north, it looks like Assad will be able to take back swathes of northern Syria — possibly even without a fight. Last week, Kurdish forces controlled about a quarter of the country — an area rich in oil, water and agriculture. It represented the largest chunk of Syria not in state hands.

“Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria and greenlight the Turkish assault hammered a deadly nail in the coffin of the Kurdish dream.”Russian and Syrian national flags flutter on military vehicles near Manbij, Syria on Oct. 15, 2019.Russia is now the undisputed power broker in the region with Iran also benefiting. America’s leverage and influence have disappeared and there are risks of a wider confrontation among Turkey, Syria and perhaps even Russia.

“This speaks volumes about the decline of the U.S.’ role and the rise of Russia’s,” he said. “A new regional order is in the making. The Syrian moment might be remembered as a turning point in the emergence of this new regional order.” “All of this is a function of being viewed as a kind of new player, as a central power broker in the region,” he said. “The events of the last week are just going to further cement that.”

? I think you are VERY confused. You better catch up on operation objectives. Good grief!

How can the U.S. be 'losing power' in Syria by exiting turf that it never should have occupied? Is that like 'losing money' by not accepting offers from Nigerian scam emails?

How dare Assad become empowered in his own sovereign country!!!!!!

Bring our soldiers home

USA hasn’t lost any power😂😂😂😂

Fixed it.

Map needs to show a true depiction of the Kurdish region to include turkey.

Omg everyone the finality of Barack Obama’s foreign policy unrolling before our very eyes. Trump fucked up but don’t pretend it didn’t take 7 years to get here!

Wow

After Kurdish forces appealed to Assad for help during Turkish invasion, the Syrian leader made more gains in 1 day than in the past 3 years. “They had little choice but to call on Assad to come to their rescue,” said Fawaz Gerges, a professor at London School of Economics (2/3)

All thanks to our dumb President...smh

Kürtler değil PKK=YPG diyeceksiniz

'The kurds' You mean 'The terorists'...So clarify properly!

US contro…*squits at map*

Uzun ömürlü ittifaklar tarihe karıştı. Anlık hamleler ile güç dengesi değişiyor. Oyunu iyi kuran ve akıllı hamleler yapan kazanıyor. Piyonlar kaybediyor.

Wow, that's a totally strange and unexpected thing that no one could have forseen.

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