The Request for Patriot Missiles For The Border With Syria…
- Russia and Iran are considered as “provocative action” Turkey’s decision to send an official request to NATO, asking the alliance to take a quick decision for the deployment of the “Patriot” missile and aircraft interception system to the Turkish-Syrian border line.
Iran’s Opportunity In Syria…
- As Ankara turns at NATO for better securing its borders with Syria, Damascus turns at Moscow asking more diplomatic support, given the importance of the Russian strategic and geopolitical interests in the South-Eastern Mediterranean which –till now- are properly guarded by the Assad regime.
- Tehran is following the situation very closely as it sees a good diplomatic opportunity for forming a Moscow-Damascus-Tehran geopolitical bloc going against NATO and Turkey.
Turkish Geopolitical Aspirations And Syria…
- Turkey is openly supporting opposition against Assad and the new political developments in Syria just after the Assad regime goes down from power.
- Political developments in Damascus after Assad is also a good opportunity for promoting Turkey’s peripheral geopolitical aspirations in the region moving at a second stage of Ankara’s reconsideration of its frame of relations with Israel and Iran.
- Finally, Russia’s final decisions and diplomatic… reaction toward the escalating civil war in the Arab country is the “secret factor” for solving the difficult war equation in Damascus and in the country’s border with Turkey.
A U.S. Patriot Missile launches from a truck mounted canister (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Iran, Russia Fight NATO Missiles on Turkish-Syrian Border
Arutz Sheva, on Sun, 25 Nov 2012 06:51:39 -0800
Turkey, a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has requested deployment of the Patriot anti-missile defense system. Ankara has been looking for ways to beef up defenses along the 900-kilometer (560-mile) Syrian-Turkish border.
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