Turkey Is now Trading Artillery Fire with Pro-Regime Forces in Syria

[TomSea]

Turkey Is now Trading Artillery Fire with Pro-Regime Forces in Syria
Published February 6th, 2018 - 14:05 GMT via SyndiGate.info

    Turkey and Syria have begun firing at each other near Aleppo
    The confrontation marks an escalation in the Syrian war
    The de-escalation agreement continues to erode
    The Syrian regime is also using chlorine gas in safe zones

Turkey and pro-regime forces in Syria have exchanged volleys of artillery fire near Aleppo, according to news reports.

The shelling, reportedly initiated by pro-regime forces, marks an alarming escalation in the war in Syria—a development even more ominous given it happened inside a designated ‘de-escalation zone’ meant to wind down violence.

The exchange of fire signals both Turkey’s changing role in the Syrian war and the erosion of the de-escalation agreements, which were ostensibly negotiated to help precipitate an end to the worst of the violence in Syria.

Read more at: https://www.albawaba.com/news/original-turkey-is-now-trading-artillery-fire-with-pro-regime-forces-in-syria--1085186

[Fishrrman]

I regard Syria the same as I do Pakistan.

That is... it could disappear without a trace and the world would be a better place without it.
Get the Christians (what's left of them) out first, of course.

[Suppressed]

I regard Syria the same as I do Pakistan.

That is... it could disappear without a trace and the world would be a better place without it.
Get the Christians (what's left of them) out first, of course.

I hear you.  But unfortunately, Turkey holds great geopolitical importance...both geographically and strategically.

[edpc]

Turkey, specifically Erdogan, has had designs on Ottoman expansion for awhile.

http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/10/23/turkeys-religious-nationalists-want-ottoman-borders-iraq-erdogan/