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As Erdogan woos Assad, is Turkey-Syria reconciliation rhetoric or reality?

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11.07.2024

After a protracted pause, Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has revived efforts to mend fences with the man he long labeled a “murderer,” Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad. His opening pitch came on June 28 after performing Friday prayers. “There is no reason to not reestablish ties with Syria. We have no intention to interfere in Syria’s internal affairs,” Erdogan told reporters, unequivocally asserting that Ankara no longer sought Assad’s overthrow.

The Turkish leader........

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