MESOP NEWS : ERDOGAN CONTRA ASSAD / GETS FRESH MONEY FROM EU TO BUY PUTIN’S WEAPONS

 

28 Dec 2017 – Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, abandoned a softened approach toward President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, calling Mr. Assad a “terrorist” with no place in Syria’s postwar future.
Mr. Erdogan may have intended his remarks as a message to Russia, Mr. Assad’s ally, that it cannot dictate Syria’s postwar future, most notably on issues involving Syria’s Kurdish groups.
But even as Mr. Erdogan spoke, his government was finalizing a $2.5 billion deal to purchase Russian missile systems.  www.mesop.de