Tensions continue to escalate between Ankara and Damascus following Syria's downing last week of a Turkish plane. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has now sent troops and anti-aircraft guns to the Mediterranean neighbors' shared border, and Turkey has reportedly urged its NATO allies to consider drawing up plans for a no-fly zone if Syria commits further acts of aggression. Erdogan, whose government has already welcomed thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing Bashar al-Assad's deadly crackdown on the pro-democracy opposition, called the Syrian president a "bloody dictator," and warned that one more incident would force Turkey to "teach those who dare to test the limits of its might." Will Turkey do what the U.S., NATO, and the United Nations won't, and go to war against Assad?
Turkey might have no choice but to attack: Syria and Turkey definitely moved "nearer to war" this week, says Osman Cicekli at Euronews. If Syria crosses the line again, and certainly if it lets the fight against its rebels spill over the border, "Turkey will be seen as a weak country" if it doesn't follow through on its threat to fight. That could spell Assad's doom, as "the Turkish Air Force is more powerful than the Syrian Air Force in every way."
"Turkey-Syria military threat higher"
"Turkey-Syria military threat higher"
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