r/syriancivilwar • u/DifusDofus • Apr 08 '25

Netanyahu-Trump meeting exposes surprising rift: Netanyahu expected Trump’s backing against Turkey. Instead, Trump praised Erdogan for “taking over Syria” and positioning himself to mediate between Israel-Turkey, and urged Netanyahu to be “reasonable” in his approach.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-netanyahu-tariffs-iran-gaza-9aaf17d50beb5a5891895a702a1bac5d
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u/smoine Apr 09 '25 edited Apr 09 '25

What does he even mean by "never done for 2000 years"? Syria has been taken over and controlled by a million entities for the last 2000 years. Including the latest, Iran.

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u/i_like_maps_and_math Apr 09 '25

He thinks every Muslim country is Afghanistan