this article is making it seem as though the syrians are to be presented as protectors against turkish violence, and that might be the point; that way, the locals will welcome the syrians back in, rather than fight against them.

but, it doesn't change the point that this is deeply co-ordinated (the russians have given the turks entry into the airspace, and can't be too upset, if they haven't shot at anything), and that the goal from the start was to expel the kurdish occupation and hand the enclave back to the syrian government.

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/242338-pro-regime-forces-to-enter-syria-s-afrin-within-hours

jagmeet singh must cut his beard.