The Takeaway: December 11, 2019

Ankara buys oil from sworn enemy, but keeps leverage; Assad would talk to Erdogan; Iran’s Reformists expect to lose big to hard-liners; Jordan hosts Global Masters e-sport tournament; and more!
Smoke rises from an oil field in Al-Rmelan, Qamshli province November 11, 2013. With a string of military gains across northeastern Syria, a Kurdish militia is solidifying a geographic and political presence in the war-torn country, posing a dilemma for regional powers. Long oppressed under Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his father before him, Kurds view the civil war as an opportunity to gain the kind of autonomy enjoyed by their ethnic kin in neighbouring Iraq. Picture taken November 11, 2013. REUT
Smoke rises from an oil field in Al-Rmeilan, Qamshli province, Syria, Nov. 11, 2013 - Reuters
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