Moscow (CNN)Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met in the southern Russian resort city of Sochi on Tuesday with a shared agenda of shaping the endgame in Syria's eight-year civil war.
The two leaders unveiled a 10-point memorandum of understanding with an unstated bottom line: The Americans do not have a place in shaping the future of Syria.
What did Putin and Erdogan agree to?
Russia and Turkey announced a wide-ranging agreement that addresses a major Turkish concern -- the presence of Kurdish YPG forces near their border. But it also acknowledges a major fear of the Kurds -- that Turkish-backed Syrian rebel groups might unleash a campaign of ethnic cleansing against them and other minority groups.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- October 22, 2019
Russia replaces US as Mideast power broker -- Alison Tahmizian Meuse, Asia Times
Trump finds no simple fix in Syria, other world hotspots -- Aamer Madhani and Deb Riechmann, AP
What Trump gets wrong about war against the Islamic State -- Robert Burns, AP
Lebanese army prepares to step in as nation revolts -- Alison Tahmizian Meuse, Asia Times
Iran Is Losing the Middle East, Protests in Lebanon and Iraq Show -- H. Ghaddar, Foreign Policy
Netanyahu Fails to Form Government Again -- Barak Ravid, Axios
Boris Johnson throws Brexit back into the EU's court -- Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner
Why Frustration Is Boiling Over in Chile -- Patricio Navia, Americas Quarterly
Liberals won despite Justin Trudeau, who is as arrogant as ever -- Rosie DiManno, Toronto Star
Andrew Scheer's narrow vision of conservatism was his party's failing -- Robyn Urback, CBC
Trump is finally facing impeachment, but another, bigger cover-up is continuing in broad daylight -- Andrew J. Bacevich, Business Insider/TomDispatch
RIP: The Era of Arms Control Is Over -- Daniel R. DePetris, National Interest
China and US in trillion-dollar tech war -- Gordon Watts, Asia Times
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