Syria Crisis Brief: Significance of the Turkey-Russia Meeting on Syria


Episode Artwork
1.0x
0% played 00:00 00:00
Nov 14 2019 8 mins   2

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin met to coordinate military movements in Northern Syria. The two presidents reached an initial agreement intended to push Kurdish forces away from the Turkey-Syria border region over the coming days. ISW Syria expert John Dunford discusses what is known about the new deal and how it will effect Turkish and Russian actions in Syria moving forward. *Originally published October 23, 2019.