What Turkey Wants in Syria
2nd August 2015
Turkey says that it, together with the U.S., wants an IS-free zone in northern Syria. That is fine. But who will fill the vacuum in areas cleared of IS? That is an extremely important question Turkey’s American allies should think about with extreme care. Turkey simply finds joining the international campaign against IS an opportunity to install pro-Sunni Islamist rule in areas now controlled by IS.
Islamic radicals say they want to recover Spain, which Muslims once ruled. Well, Turkey once ruled Syria, and not that long ago, either.