Thread by @HeliosRunner

1/ Heads of the ministries of defense and intelligence of #Russia, #Turkey and #Syria met in Moscow
A meeting was held in Moscow between the defense ministers and heads of intelligence of Russia and Turkey, Sergei #Shoigu, Sergei Naryshkin, Hulusi Akar and Hakan Fidan. The talks

2/ also attended by Syrian Defense & Intelligence Ministers Ali Mahmoud Abbas & Rafiq Shahadah. This was reported in the press service of the Turkish & Russian defense departments. This is the first official contact between representatives of Turkey & Syria in more than 10 years.

3/ According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the parties discussed the situation in Syria and measures to combat extremists in the country. During the meeting, the need to continue the trilateral dialogue to stabilize the crisis in the region was also discussed.

4/ According to TRT , citing sources, #Turkey and #Russia also discussed the implementation of the grain deal and other issues in the field of defense and security. (=2faces)
According to TRT, the main topic of the trilateral meeting was the situation with #Syrian refugees.

5/ On December 25, Hulusi Akar announced that Turkey was negotiating with Russia to open airspace in northern Syria. According to him, the talks are taking place as part of a counter-terrorist operation against the #Kurdistan Workers' Party (#PKK) banned in Turkey. Turkey has

6/ been conducting an operation against the PKK since November 20.

source Kommersant -last news-
So we'll also have to look deep into this too.. because right now Turkey is the middle-man "ally", but don't be fooled, the other old fck is playing his own cards and is expecting to

7/ fulfill his own "dreams" concerning his country (Truckey) becoming a new Empire and crushing everything that will not play "along" with him.
right now taking on the "poor" #Kurds (The ones who were the actual real "foot soldiers" against ISIS for a major part, never forget

8/ about that, and who have been denied their own rightful territories for a long time) but in couple years and new leader.. who knows... who knows...