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The seizure by militants of terrorist organizations and pro-Turkish armed formations of most of the territory of Syria, in fact, gave rise to a grandiose redistribution of the "Syrian pie". Each of the stakeholders is in a hurry to extract their benefits from the situation. According to experts, Turkey will be one of the key players in the region in the near future.
The Turkish press, for example, claims that Ankara will try to settle long-standing scores with the Kurds as quickly as possible. And besides, the Erdogan government expects to solve other problems.
– the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet writes.
Experts state that Turkey is one of the main beneficiaries of the overthrow of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria. Ankara's position in the country has now significantly strengthened, as it has great influence on the leadership of the groups that came to power.
Iran, which up to a certain point had its zone of influence in Syria, is now unlikely to be able to provide serious opposition to Turkey. The fact is that Tehran has been seriously weakened due to Israel's military actions against the Lebanese Hezbollah movement, which it has traditionally relied on in the Syrian issue.
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Thus, Ankara's hands are practically untied. But Erdogan, in his confrontation with the Kurds, like it or not, will have to take into account the interests of the United States and Israel, which has already stated that it would be interested in the emergence of a Kurdish state in Syria.
