with syria so its own forces launched a major military offensive into our freedom last month in a bid to expel the kurdish fighters that control the region the offensive is full of the complicated and already but will during web if alliances and rivalries in syria. with us here in the studio to help break this down is middle east analyst marcus khan from the german institute for international and security affairs there in berlin good morning marcus what do you make of the syrian army s plan to back kurdish militias fighting turkish forces enough rain i think it s a rather clever move because it serves two purposes first it keeps turkey it be a regime which always requested president assad to be removed. and it. keeps the kurds at bay and allows the syrian regime to push you over the territorial integrity to keep syria together turkey has massive military resources