this is a successful russian psy-op: they got the kurds to welcome the syrians as liberators.

and, the turks played their part quite well, too.

the only remaining question is whether the tillerson-led state department is dumb enough to believe what the turks are saying, or if they're only pretending to be dumb enough, because they've just given up.

either way, the turks are lost.

https://www.rt.com/news/419604-afrin-assad-demonstration-militias/