The Next Escalation: Turkey’s Invasion of Syria | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization
The move by Turkey into Syrian territory was given the necessary
couching by Ankara’s ideologues. Conducted from the air and on the
ground after weeks of scouting and reconnaissance, it saw the taking of
Jarabulus and the banishment of Islamic State fighters. The anti-Assad
rebels (well, an assortment of them) cheered. “Jarabulus,” claimed Ahmad
Othman, commander of the Sultan Mourad group, “is completely
liberated.”
