not often talked about is the illegal Turkish occupation and effective annexation of Northern Syria… This is basically Turkey and other comprador states seizing the $$$ opportunity in the midst of sanctions against Russia and Iran from the West while also muzzling Syria and putting it on an economic leash, so to speak.

more details on this in particular that I found insightful: https://turkey.news-pravda.com/en/world/2025/08/02/46526.html

what’s funny/sad is that Syria’s effectively a comprador state, the West finally got what they wanted and despite this, sanctions haven’t vanished. So they rely on scraps like these.

Turkey the gas transit of all the Western proxy states.