ANKARA Cheap Manchester United Jerseys , Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Turkey and the Unites States continue to work out their differences on training and equipping moderate Syrian opposition forces despite recent reports that an agreement has already been hammered out between the two allies.
"I do not think we are quite there yet considering the political differences over the final goal of such a program and what would happen to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in the end," political analyst Idris Gursoy told Xinhua in the Turkish capital of Ankara.
Turkey insists the ultimate goal should be to oust Assad from power while the U.S. says the priority is to degrade the Islamic State (IS) and finally eliminate the group.
The differences were highlighted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday in his speech in Ankara in which he criticized the U.S. and Western powers for not conducting land operations against the IS.
"They (Western powers) say we won't enter in a land war. Then we told them, if you do not enter yourselves, let's support the Free Syrian Army (FSA). They did not support the FSA Cheap Zlatan Ibrahimovic Jersey ," he said.
Erdogan also criticized the U.S. for airlifting weapons to the Kurdish-populated Syrian city of Ayn al-Arab, also known as Kobane, near the Turkish border, saying that some of the weapons ended up in the hands of the IS Cheap Victor Lindelof Jersey , and others went to the Democratic Union Party (PYD), an affiliate of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK).
The PKK is listed as terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the European Union.
Gursoy, the analyst Cheap Timothy Fosu-Mensah Jersey , said Turkey and the U.S. have already agreed on the program to host the training and equipping program for moderate Syrian opposition forces but details have yet to be worked out.
That goes against Turkish media reports which, citing anonymous official sources, claimed the training is expected to start in March, simultaneously with similar programs in Jordan and Saudi Arabia. The aim is to train 15 Cheap Sergio Romero Jersey ,000 Syrian rebels over three years.
However, U.S. officials reacted cautiously to those reports.