Ploitical analyst:

'Turkey’s interference in Syria drags it into war'

'Turkey’s interference in Syria drags it into war'
Tue May 14, 2013 19:38:32

The crisis in Syria can easily spread to Turkey if the government in Ankara does not adopt a wiser stance toward the bloody conflict and stop its inferences, a political expert says.

In an interview with al-Alam on Tuesday, political analyst Mohammad Nour-el-Din said that the conflict in Syria was not just a “Syrian crisis” but a regional and even international crisis, and all those opposing the government in Syria are at the middle of the war.

 

He said the twin car bombings that rocked the town of Reyhanli in southern Turkey were the result of Turkey’s interventions in Syria’s affairs. “One cannot expect to support a war in a neighboring country and stay safe aside,” he added.

 

Nour-el-Din said more disasters could be expected from Turkey’s policies toward the armed insurgency in Syria.

 

“Militants chose Reyhanli, instead of other Turkish important cities, because the area is home to thousands of Syrian refugees who were invited by the Turkish government to take shelter there,” he added.

 

Nour-el-Din believed militants sought sectarian and religious rift among Turks and Arabs by choosing to attack that area.

 

Syria has been struggling with a more than two-year bloody insurgency which is supported by US, Israel, Turkey and several other Arab and western countries.

 

Turkey has been one of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's harshest critics and has supported the foreign-backed militants fighting to topple his government.

 

Turkish opposition parties have censured the Turkish government for its intervention in Syria’s internal affairs.

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