{"id":1462,"date":"2024-12-28T00:08:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T00:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/28\/us-neutral-on-potential-turkey-syria-deal\/"},"modified":"2024-12-28T00:08:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T00:08:48","slug":"us-neutral-on-potential-turkey-syria-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/28\/us-neutral-on-potential-turkey-syria-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"US neutral on potential Turkey-Syria deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1257340\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turkey_syria_web--2-320x200.jpg?v=1611928682\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turkey_syria_web--2.jpg?v=1611928682\" alt=\"US neutral on potential Turkey-Syria deal\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turkey_syria_web--2.jpg?v=1611928682\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The US appeared to take a neutral stance amid reports that Turkey and Syria may sign an agreement on maritime boundaries that could undermine Cyprus\u2019 sovereign rights.<\/p>\n<p>In response to relevant question on the matter, a State Department spokesperson suggested addressing specific questions about the potential accord directly to Ankara and Damascus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The US called on all parties in the Eastern Mediterranean to avoid actions that could escalate tensions, emphasizing the need for regional resource development to foster collaboration, energy security, and economic stability.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Turkey\u2019s recent outreach to Damascus aims at cooperation on energy, infrastructure rehabilitation, and addressing regional tensions involving Kurdish-held territories.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The potential Turkey-Syria agreement has sparked concerns about its implications for Cyprus. Despite apparent US neutrality, Washington\u2019s involvement in discussions with Ankara and Damascus over Syrian reconstruction and Kurdish relations reveals a balancing act amid competing regional interests.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey\u2019s economic interest in Syrian oil and gas fields, primarily under Kurdish control, underscores its broader aims, raising questions about Ankara\u2019s long-term role in the region\u2019s stability.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/politics\/foreign-policy\/1257340\/us-neutral-on-potential-turkey-syria-deal\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US appeared to take a neutral stance amid reports that Turkey and Syria may sign an agreement on maritime boundaries that could undermine Cyprus\u2019 sovereign rights. In response to relevant question on the matter, a State Department spokesperson suggested addressing specific questions about the potential accord directly to Ankara and Damascus.\u00a0 The US called &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"US neutral on potential Turkey-Syria deal\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/28\/us-neutral-on-potential-turkey-syria-deal\/#more-1462\" aria-label=\"Read more about US neutral on potential Turkey-Syria deal\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turkey_syria_web--2.jpg?v=1611928682","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}