In a move that surprised observers, the intelligence chiefs of Turkey and Syria —two bitter rivals in the ongoing Syrian civil war— met in Russia on Monday. The meeting was held in Moscow and was acknowledged by officials from both sides, making it the first explicit contact between Turkish and Syrian intelligence in over a decade. Throughout this time, there have been rumors of intelligence coordination between Ankara and Damascus, but no official acknowledgement was ever issued. On Monday, however, Syria’s government-owned news agency, SANA, said that a meeting had taken place in Moscow between the heads of intelligence of Syria and Turkey.
Shortly afterwards, a number of anonymous Turkish officials confirmed these reports to the Reuters news agency. Reuters reported that the two sides discussed the state of the ceasefire in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, and future steps aimed at coordinating against the presence of armed Kurdish separatists in northern Syrian regions. It quoted one Turkish official who said that the two intelligence agencies were exploring “the possibility of working together” against separatist Kurdish groups on both sides of the Turkish-Syrian border.
Joseph Fitsanakis
https://intelnews.org/2020/01/13/01-2704/
ΣΧΕΤΙΚΟ: https://www.echedoros-a.gr/2020/01/blog-post_81.html
Shortly afterwards, a number of anonymous Turkish officials confirmed these reports to the Reuters news agency. Reuters reported that the two sides discussed the state of the ceasefire in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, and future steps aimed at coordinating against the presence of armed Kurdish separatists in northern Syrian regions. It quoted one Turkish official who said that the two intelligence agencies were exploring “the possibility of working together” against separatist Kurdish groups on both sides of the Turkish-Syrian border.
Joseph Fitsanakis
https://intelnews.org/2020/01/13/01-2704/
ΣΧΕΤΙΚΟ: https://www.echedoros-a.gr/2020/01/blog-post_81.html
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