“It does not change much on the ground: Turkey and Russia are on opposite sides over Idlib.” Experts say the meeting between Turkey and Syria’s intelligence heads is symbolically important but realities on the ground would remain the same.
In this file photo, Turkey's National Intelligence Organization chief Hakan Fidan, waits for a meeting with the Russian delegation in Istanbul, Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
Both parties previously acknowledged that their intelligence services were in contact, but the latest meeting marks the first official acknowledgement of a high-level meeting. that even though the intelligence agencies were in touch, the counterparts’ official meeting is symbolically important. Turkey has been supporting Syrian rebels since 2011 when the country’s peaceful protests turned into a civil war following regime leader Bashar al Assad’s brutal crackdown on unarmed protesters.
The duo recently agreed on a ceasefire deal to stop Russian and the regime air strikes in northwestern Syria, although “acts of aggression” had been already officially banned in the area.
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