Russia's bloody message to Turkey in Syria
by Tom Rogan | August 19, 2019
Tension between Turkey and Syria spiked dramatically on Monday when Syrian-Russian axis warplanes bombed a Turkish army convoy in Syria, killing at least three civilians.
Syrian-Russian axis ground forces are also very close to cutting off Turkish access to a highway north of the rebel-held city of Khan Shaykhun. Turkey needs that M-5 highway to resupply a military observation post at the border between Syria's Hama and Idlib governorates.
Alongside the air strikes, the situation around Khan Shaykhun attests to an escalated axis effort to dramatically reduce Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan's influence in Syria. ErdoÄŸan's continuing support for Syrian rebel groups, including al Qaeda's Syrian syndicate, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, has infuriated the axis. But the axis isn't simply fighting terrorists. A large number of Syrian rebels are simply protecting their families from the axis annihilation campaign.
Read more at: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/russias-bloody-message-to-turkey-in-syria
As said in the article, in the short run, this attack might be good for Erdogan, the public, as often, supporting the President in a time of crisis. It's surreal what goes on over there.
