Lombardi: Russia supported Bashar al-Assad for its strategic interest
Roland Lombardi, a researcher in the Middle
East, said that Russia supported Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for acquisition
strategic rights, pointing out that the Turks will accept the margin allocated
to them in Syria.
He explained, that the Syrian president
regained strength during a certain period after Russian assistance to him,
pointing out that the Russian influence was for the strategic interest.
The researcher in the Middle East, added that
the Russians played the role of mediator between Turkish President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
He noted that President Assad's army controls
the Syrian-Turkish border, stressing that the closest scenario would not reach
the Kurds in Syria as they arrived in Iraq to control some Islamic sites, which
will not be accepted by Sunni Muslims in Iraq.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has not
yet reached his real goal of bringing the Islamists to the regime in Syria by
supporting terrorist groups and armed organizations, said Middle East
researcher Roland Lombardi.
Attending the seminar was a large host of
researchers and experts. They included Ahmed Youssef, Roland Lombardi, Pierre
Berthelot, Garen Shnorhokian. Several Middle East specialists from Europe also
attended the seminar, along with a large number of Arab and French journalists.
