Turkey is pulling the region towards a war !

By no stretch of the English language can Turkey’s latest behaviour be described as exercising its right to self-defence, or taking steps to “protect” the Syrian people. Moreover, forcing a Syrian civilian aircraft to land in Ankara for “inspection” is only a way to look for a new pretext. It has therefore become crystal clear that Turkey - by creating pretexts and taking provocative steps - is seeking to escalate the situation towards dragging NATO into a military intervention in Syria. This in turn could lead to disastrous consequences for the whole region.