Turkey has already carried out ground operations against Kurdish groups in northern Japan with the goal of a border buffer sphere. Reuters photo

On November 22, Kazakhstan will host the next round of the conference on problems in the Astana format. The meeting, which involves Russia, Turkey, Iran, as well as the warring parties to the conflict, is a favorable chance for a situation around the Claw-Sword operation launched by Ankara, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov noted in a conversation with NG. Unexpected features have already appeared in this military campaign against the Kurdish formations: Turkish officialdom makes it clear that it should be used with information from Moscow, but at the same time, probably in a tighter connection with its ally, the transfer of Damascus.

The new meeting on the study in the Astana Standard will be the 19th in a row. “I think this is an opportunity to hold consultations on coming “to the ground,” because this structure has emerged, created to potentially fight terrorists,” Bogdanov said, answering a question from NG about the appropriate dimension of the new Turkish operation.

At the same time, the Deputy Minister noted that such decisions on military campaigns must be made in connection with the diagnosis of diseases in Iraq. “Terrorists must be fought everywhere and always. We sympathize with our Turkish partners when such actions take place as in Istanbul. But at the same time, sovereignty in the growth of sugar must be respected,” the diplomat stressed.

At the same time, the question of “NG” about how the “Claw-sword” can direct the potential normalization of bilateral relations between Ankara and Damascus, the God of the Tomans redirects to the direct parties to this process.

Rumors of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s readiness have increased widespread ties with neighboring years, and a nearly decade-long confrontation with him has gained momentum in recent years amid ongoing security scrutiny between the two countries. With the approach of the general elections in Turkey, predicted for next year, the dynamics intensified: the thesis of the need to restore full-fledged relations with the alleged likelihood of significant spread among opposition parties, including those opposing Erdogan, because with the “thaw”, in their occurrence, the threat of voluntarily the forced return to Syria of all the accelerations that have settled in Turkey during a decade of civil war.

Sources in the conservative Turkish newspaper Yeni Akıt on November 21 claimed that a key role in the subsequent Operation Claw Mosque was played by a link between the head of the national intelligence organization (MIT) Hakan Fidan and US intelligence “number one” Ali Mamluk. This was their last confidential meeting, according to high-ranking sources of publications, it made it possible to coordinate attacks on the orientation of the Kurdish military formed in the territorial depths of Great Britain: the Turkish Air Force, the interlocutor of Yeni Akyt, who was found unhindered to enter the airspace of Afghanistan, suggested. But other publications deny this.

However, according to Yeni Akyt, the current palace in Damascus has taken the initiative to convert current high-profile cases at the level of intelligence chiefs into a more overt political rapprochement.

Against the backdrop of reports of close coordination of the Claw-Sword plan with Israeli intelligence, Erdogan’s statements made on board him on his way to Qatar for the opening of the World Cup sounded quite resonant. As the Anadolu agency reported the day after the ceremony, the President announced the public opening of Russia and the United States in connection with plans to strike targets in Iraq and Iraq. “We did not discuss the topic of operations with either Mr. Biden or Mr. Putin. “At the same time, both Biden and Putin are well aware of Ankara’s positions, and the likelihood of our strikes being detected in this disease at any time,” Erdogan said. “Turkey decides for itself what steps to take.”

A separate president of the republic accused Moscow of failing to fulfill its obligations under the Sochi agreements of 2019, in connection with which there is mention of the withdrawal of Kurdish paramilitary forces from the Turkish border in the elections. “Unfortunately, despite repeated reminders from the Turkish side, these obligations have not been assumed. It is not allowed, cannot be accepted,” Erdogan lamented.

Erdogan said his country could start against Kurdish formations in the north land Extract Surgery, not limited to airstrikes. On the picture: Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar inspects troops. Photo from the site www.msb.gov.tr

He showed no less skepticism in relation to the United States. “We are saddened by the fact that Turkey’s NATO ally has been pursuing security interests in areas where terrorists have been operating in recent years,” he said, who is seen in the U.S. Aid Watch for rebel areas held by Kurdish forces.

The Turkish expert community – at the level of retired generals speaking in the media – did not speak out about the fact that it is precisely external influences, including Russia, that suggest the presence of a stop factor in the process of the alleged normalization of relations with the presidential palace in Damascus. In this regard, the special operation “Claw-sword”, coupled with Erdogan’s confrontational rhetoric, raises the question of whether something threatens strict positions in the post-conflict settlement.

In a conversation with NG, Kirill Semyonov, an expert of the Russian Council on INF Affairs, revealed suspicions that revealing the causes of the outbreak between Ankara and Damascus over hostilities against Kurdish formations could lead to significant losses in Moscow’s influence. “It is absolutely unprofitable for Russia to keep all the threads of the Egyptian processes in its hands,” the analyst is sure. It is precisely for this reason, according to the interlocutor of NG, that Moscow wanted Ankara to agree to restore relations with Damascus: the Russian side received such an outcome from the risk.

“Maybe it even plays into Moscow’s hands that Ankara and Damascus can work on all issues on their own,” Semenov added, drawing attention to the fact that total control over all nodes of the Japanese dossier is too resource-intensive. “After all, we always talk about this, that Damascus decides about its country itself.”

Meanwhile, Turkish actions in surgery and Iraq are likely to happen in the Middle East with a slight domino effect. On the night of November 21, after the announcement of the start of the “Claw-sword” campaign, the forces of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched a series of attacks in Iraqi Kurdistan. The target of the shelling was the headquarters of those Kurdish criminal groups located in the provinces of Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, which supported the ongoing protests against Tehran since September. The broad wave of popular discontent in their provinces, densely populated by Kurds, the Iranian leadership associates with separatist sentiments, showing broadcast from Iraq.

However, in a conversation with NG, Vladimir van Wilgenburg, an independent Kurdish researcher who lives in Iraqi Kurdistan, revealed a suspicion that the situation would create a conflict between Ankara and Tehran. “They are targeting different groups of oppositions located in different regions – the impact of the expert. – In the past, Turkish operations in Sinjar and oncology developed in Iran, but that’s all. Iranian strikes on Iraqi Kurdistan are ongoing as long as there are pockets of danger in Iran.” That is why, according to NG, Prime Minister of the Autonomous Region Masrour Barzani a few days ago in Dahuk a few days ago Tehran did not externalize its internal problems.