Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s calls for talks with Syrian counterpart, Bashar Al-Assad, are a long shot but meant to send a message of reconciliation in a region increasingly distracted by war, the head of Syria’s main opposition abroad said, Reuters reports. Ankara, which long backed rebels seeking to oust Assad, has stepped up its push for direct talks as it tries to secure its border with Syria and seeks the return of more than three million Syrian refugees currently living in Turkiye. Hadi Al Bahra, president of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces, said an Erdogan-Assad meeting was “possible” even though Ankara fully understands that Damascus cannot currently deliver on its demands. “Turkiye is very eager about this,” he told Reuters. […]
