Preparing For Regime Change?: Turkey Shelters Anti-Assad Fighters

[michaelvail]

http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/2237

Once one of Syria’s closest allies, Turkey is hosting an armed opposition group waging an insurgency against the government of President Bashar al-Assad, providing shelter to the commander and dozens of members of the group, the Free Syrian Army, and allowing them to orchestrate attacks across the border from inside a camp guarded by the Turkish military.

The support for the insurgents comes amid a broader Turkish campaign to undermine Mr. Assad’s government. Turkey is expected to impose sanctions soon on Syria, and it has deepened its support for an umbrella political opposition group known as the Syrian National Council, which announced its formation in Istanbul. But its harboring of leaders in the Free Syrian Army, a militia composed of defectors from the Syrian armed forces, may be its most striking challenge so far to Damascus.

[leveymg]

1. I can see this escalating, "An attack on any NATO member shall be considered to be an attack . . ."

Like multiple, intersecting lines of movement across a chess board.

[tcaudilllg]

2. And how do they plan to do that with Russia in the game?

Mr. Assad's back is well covered.

[craticdemo]

3. US should stay out of it

whatever it winds up being.