BEIRUT// As the Syrian government began using newly acquired Russian aircraft to bomb ISIL positions this week, western countries, along with Turkey, have increasingly softened their tone on the Assad regime.The continued Russian military build-up in Syria appears to be pushing western governments and Ankara to rethink their Syrian policies at a time when refugees are streaming into Europe, ISIL retains control of a large portion of the country and years of talks to resolve the conflict have gone nowhere.
On Thursday, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a fierce critic of Bashar Al Assad, suggested for the first time that the …read more
Source: The National
