Putin to Tighten ‘Military Grip’ on Syria

[bsruzm]

Neighbors of Syria have been fueling the war since 2011, without them there would be no war. You should've not done what the white man told you to do.

Whatever you believe in, man.

 

[Saddam Hussein]

Whatever you believe in, man.

Incirlik is where you gotto start, NATO would side with Gay Greece against you anyday.

Church faggots alliance.

 

[bsruzm]

Incirlik is where you gotto start, NATO would side with Gay Greece against you anyday.

Church faggots alliance.

They already side, they are in front of us in Syria as well. Turkey isn't there for NATO.

 

[Smarana Mitra]

Exactly it wasn't perfect but tolerable to live almost every Syrian or Iraqi will tell you.the same we were poor,but at least contented and stable

The problem with Syrian conflict is outsiders make it seem its war between Assadists,and Syrian rebels when its actually a proxy conflict between Various World and regional powers

Correct. Syrian conflict was directly a result of infiltration of soldiers from Turkey border and with the aid of small number of ethnic groups like the turk villagers living at the border and even Kurdish group allied with USA. The people of Syria were never against Assad. There was hardly any real issue either as Assad had very little black.marks against him which could make people revolt.

You forgot to mention that Russia and Iran are also potential energy rivals. As for Qatar :

https://www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/pipelineistan-conspiracy-war-syria-has-never-been-about-gas

'In December 2016, commodities trader Glencore and the Qatar Investment Authority, the country's sovereign wealth fund, acquired a 19.5 percent stake in Rosneft, Russia's state-owned oil company, for $11 billion. Result: Qatar has achieved easier access to the European market than any pipeline through Syria ever could offer.'

Iran doesn't yet have the infrastructure to export gas. Qatar has well developed infrastructure. Also, Iran is blocked by other Arabs states who don't like Iran while Qatar can be blocked only by Syria & Iran.

Aleo, Qatar buying stake in Rosneft means very little as the company still pays a lot of royalty to Russian state and only a small part is profit. So, most of Rosneft revenue is used to help Russian economy, not the shareholders.

If Qatar gets direct access to EU, Russian state will lose s lot of money and influence in EU

They already side, they are in front of us in Syria as well. Turkey isn't there for NATO.

Turkey has its own goals in Syria which just happened to temporarily align with USA and hence allied together. Turkey is in league with GCC and is heavily funded by Arabs indirectly. That is why Turkey stopped buying Iranian oil under pressure from Arabs. Nevertheless, Turkey did something bad for itself in the long run by making the Iranians, Iraqis and Syrians pissed off with Turkey which may have a major backlash in the future. If Turkey wanted to attack, it should have done so independently instead of allying with USA. Allying with USA only brings infamy

 

[bsruzm]

Correct. Syrian conflict was directly a result of infiltration of soldiers from Turkey border and with the aid of small number of ethnic groups like the turk villagers living at the border and even Kurdish group allied with USA. The people of Syria were never against Assad. There was hardly any real issue either as Assad had very little black.marks against him which could make people revolt.


Iran doesn't yet have the infrastructure to export gas. Qatar has well developed infrastructure. Also, Iran is blocked by other Arabs states who don't like Iran while Qatar can be blocked only by Syria & Iran.

Aleo, Qatar buying stake in Rosneft means very little as the company still pays a lot of royalty to Russian state and only a small part is profit. So, most of Rosneft revenue is used to help Russian economy, not the shareholders.

If Qatar gets direct access to EU, Russian state will lose s lot of money and influence in EU


Turkey has its own goals in Syria which just happened to temporarily align with USA and hence allied together. Turkey is in league with GCC and is heavily funded by Arabs indirectly. That is why Turkey stopped buying Iranian oil under pressure from Arabs. Nevertheless, Turkey did something bad for itself in the long run by making the Iranians, Iraqis and Syrians pissed off with Turkey which may have a major backlash in the future. If Turkey wanted to attack, it should have done so independently instead of allying with USA. Allying with USA only brings infamy

 

[nascar 42]

If Qatar gets direct access to EU, Russian state will lose s lot of money and influence in EU

This statement is based on the assumption that a direct Qatari pipeline to Europe is a realistic idea.

The pipeline narrative, from 2013 onwards, also makes much mention of Damascus rebuffing an alleged Qatari offer in 2009 to build a pipeline. This part of the story hinges around statements by unnamed diplomats in a 2013 Agence France-Presse article about a meeting between Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia's Bandar bin Sultan.

Jihad Yazigi, editor of economy website Syria Report, says: "An important aspect that we don't talk about is the Syrian government never said the Qataris were fighting for a pipeline; that is telling in itself, that Assad never mentioned it."

Also, you do realize that even if this whole 'pipeline conspiracy' idea is true, a Qatari pipeline would first have to go through Saudi Arabia to reach Syria in the first place. No way the Saudis will allow that. This why Qatar doesn't have direct pipelines to Bahrain and Kuwait.

Qatar, in the past 15 years, has switched its energy strategy as it now focuses chiefly on LNG exports through cargo ships. Doha actually invested $11bn dollars on the cargo fleet to export LNG to emerging markets.

"With the existing infrastructure, Qatar doesn't have enough gas to sell to Europe through a pipeline, as most contracts currently are to Asia and long-term, while demand within Qatar is rising.

A pipeline has to be economically justifiable and secure demand from buyers in the long-term to recover pipeline costs. Maintaining the pipeline and paying transit fees to host countries, in the most optimistic scenario, would cost between $7-$9 per British Thermal Unit (BTU) to reach Europe. LNG is cheaper, even with the most expensive scenario, at $5-$5.50 per BTU."