The new cease-fire deal reached between the US and Russia on the
sidelines of G-20 summit has rightly been declared an important step
towards peace as the self-styled Islamic
State is only inches from being routed from the Syrian territory. Yet,
the war is still not over. And, peace wouldn’t simply return to the
war-torn country even if the ISIS is completely eliminated, not until,
as the Turks believe, Syria’s geo-ethnic composition is altered in a way
that may reduce, if not completely erode, all chances of an independent
Kurdistan coming into being on the outskirts of Turkish border with
Syria.
