(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah - Four major players are calling the shots in Syria - Russia, the U.S., Iran, and Turkey. As a result, this may be the outcome of the future partition of Syria: 1. Kurdish areas stretching from Kobani down along the Euphrates until northwest of Deir el-Zor and the Turkish border in the north. 2. An area that will be dominated by Turkey and Turkish-sponsored or controlled militias that will become a buffer zone between the Kurdish and the regime areas in northern Syria. 3. A remnant of the original Syria backed by Russia, Iran, and its satellites. 4. The Dara'a-Suwayda area in the south of Syria, stretching from south of Kuneitra in the Golan and north of the Jordanian border, has the potential of becoming an autonomous Druze area. The writer, a special analyst for the Middle East at the Jerusalem Center, was Deputy Head for Assessment of Israeli Military Intelligence.
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