12-19-2016, 07:00 PM
(12-19-2016, 06:22 PM)Gregory Wrote: I can see this bringing Turkey and Russia closer to be honest. Erdogan has been against Assad, but now you have a "muslamic" extremist shooting diplomats on Turkish territory so Erdogan might say fuck it and side with Putin and the pro gov't forces.
An unstable Syria helps Turkey though, it gives them less scruitiny from the international community for their strikes and operations against Kurds. Remember, the majority of these Islamists fighting in Syria found themselves in Turkey at one point or another.