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Tehran’s Military Chief In Turkey for Talks on Syria and Iraq – Iran hoping to establish arrangements over northern Syria and to block Iraqi Kurdish independence

17 August 2017 – MESOP – The Chief of Staff of the Iranian armed forces Maj. Gen. Mohammad Baqeri, has met his Turkish counterpart, Gen. Hulusi Akar, as well as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a three-day visit which began Tuesday.

The trip, the first by an Iranian military chief, has been framed by State media in both countries as a discussion of bilateral security and a joint fight against terrorism, with little detail.However, topics include the Syrian conflict, where the two countries have been on opposite sides since 2011 but have recently been drawn together through Russia’s brokering of talks and proposed “de-escalation zones” throughout the country. www.mesop.de