Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accused the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of instigating the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the Caucasus. Interviewed by the Russia's RIA news agency, Bashar al-Assad said that Erdogan and his Defense Minister Hulusi Akar are deploying Syrian militants in Azerbaijan, confirming the accusations recently moved to Ankara by French president Emmanuel Macron. "We are always with our brother Azerbaijan since he is always on the side of Turkey ... we will continue to be with Baku on the battlefield and at the negotiating table," Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu assured yesterday. Faced with these sentences it is difficult to imagine how Ankara can make a diplomatic contribution to the solution of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. On the contrary, on the battlefield, his "contribution" is evident. And not just for the huge arms supplies to the Azeris. According to the Middle East Eye (MEE), hundreds of Sy...
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