Hakan Fidan meets Abu Mohammad al-Jolani and says Donald Trump will back Turkey over Kurdish forces
Syria’s interim government is ready to take control of Isis detainee camps being run by US-backed Kurdish militants, Turkey’s foreign minister said during a visit to Damascus. Ankara’s top diplomat Hakan Fidan became the first foreign minister to travel to Syria to meet Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, who also goes by his birth name of Ahmed al-Sharaa. HTS led the offensive that overthrew former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
“When you look at this from the perspective of US interests, when you do the math, is Turkey important or is a terrorist group like the PKK important? Mr Trump sees the math right away,” he said. Turkey was willing to “provide the strongest support” in fighting Isis, Fidan added. Jolani said bringing Syria’s armed groups under control was a priority and that his administration would announce the structure of the defence ministry and military within days.
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