Today, on Feb.17, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Yalcin Akdogan said Turkey wants to establish a secure zone 10km within Syria which would include the town of Azaz. This is the newest statement in a series of Turkish claims to start ground operation in Syria. Considering Turkey has been attempting to implement a kind of this for a long time, SouthFront: Analysis & Intelligence believes scuh statements can’t be ignored. Moreoer, the SAA’s further advances will push Erdogan’s government to a final decision to do this. In another case, Ankara may to recognize that its long-standing policy in Syria just failed.
The only thing which at main stream media and think tanks are able to provide, amid Turkish preparations for a military intervention in Syria, is political speculations and local rumors. SouthFront: Analysis & Intelligence stands on another ground and offers a summary of our exclisive videos and papers studying the military balance in the region and scenarious of possible conflict:
- Foreign Policy Diary – Turkey’s Military Intervention to Syria (an exclusive video studying the scenario of the expected Turkish military intervention to Syria)
- Foreign Policy Diary – Turkey Seeks to Become New Ottoman Empire (Turkish geopolitical game in the Greater Middle East)
- Foreign Policy Diary – The Russia-Turkey standoff: Bosphorus blockade (an exclusive video describing the scenario of developments if Turkey decides to close the straits)
- Foreign Policy Diary – Escalation in Syria leads to a global war (an exclusive video studying the scenario of possible global escalation and strategies of major world powers over the conflict)
- Military Analysis: Turkish Armed Forces (an exclusive paper describing the Turkish military capabilities in general)
- Military Analysis: The Turkish 2nd Army. Invasion Force for Syria? (an exclusive paper studying the Turkish military force conentrated at the Syrian border)
- Military Analysis: Saudi Arabia’s Armed Forces (an exclusive paper describing the Saudi military capabilities in general)
- Military Analysis: The Syrian Air Force – History and Capabilities (an exclusive paper describing the Syrian Air Force’s capabilities)
