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Witness urges U.S. push to broker Turkish-Israeli accommodation and shape Syria as buffer state
Summary
An unidentified witness told the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe that Turkey seeks Syrian unity to prevent a PKK-linked autonomous border zone while Israelis fear Syria becoming a Turkish military front; the witness urged a White House-led effort to foster a Jordan-style buffer state in Syria.
An unidentified witness told the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe that Turkey wants Syria kept whole and that Ankara sees all ethnic groups in Syria as Syrians, not as the basis for separate political entities. The witness said this stance is motivated both by security concerns — notably preventing a PKK-linked autonomous statelet on Turkey's border — and by a broader Turkish national outlook.
The witness said, “They want them to be Syrians,”…
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