The Syrian newspaper "Al-Watan" revealed on Sunday that the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, will host a Turkish-Syrian meeting aimed at renegotiating and resuming normalization of relations between Ankara and Damascus. The Syrian newspaper cited sources described as following the matter, stating that "the consecutive Syrian-Turkish statements, which came in the context of changing political conditions on various fronts, including the military and political levels and the regional aspect, revealed anticipated and serious steps toward having the Syrian and Turkish parties sit at the dialogue table."
The same sources confirmed that "a forthcoming Syrian-Turkish meeting will take place in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, and this step will mark the beginning of a long negotiation process that may lead to political and military understandings." They noted that "the Turkish side had requested Moscow and Baghdad to sit at a bilateral dialogue table with the Syrian side, without the presence of any third party and away from the media, to discuss all the details that are supposed to restore relations between the two countries to their previous state."
According to "Al-Watan," the sources confirmed that "the step of renegotiating and dialogue to bridge the gap between Ankara and Damascus receives wide Arab support, as well as support from Russia, China, and Iran." Turkey supports the opposition in northern Syria both politically and with military equipment, and Turkish forces are deployed in Idlib province and parts of northern and eastern Aleppo countryside.
