Turkey has stopped supporting the Syrian coalition of opposition forces. According to analyst and journalist Musa Özuğurlu, this decision is likely to contribute to normalization between Ankara and Damascus.
Turkey has decided to end its support for the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces (aka the Syrian National Coalition), which encompasses various opposition groups fighting in the Syrian conflict, the Syrian news outlet Zaman el-Vasl reported citing a source in the coalition.
Founded in November 2012, the Syrian National Coalition received $320,000 in annual support from Turkey.
One potential problem with Turkey’s statement is the framing of the concession by Ankara. Analysts at 21WIRE do not believe that the admitted annual sum of $320,000 is in any way indicative of the scope and scale of Turkey’s ‘rebel’ terrorist operations over the last 7 years. By now it is well-known that the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep was used as a primary base and launching pad for numerous western NGO conducting covert subterfuge in Syria, and also as a base for militant coming to and from their anti-government operations inside of Syria. While Turkey acted as a host, other nations like Qatar are on record as paying well in excess of $3 billion to arm, supply, train and fund rebel/terrorists in Syria. This does not even count Turkey-based operations of US, UK, France, Germany, Norway, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia and Israel in relation to the destabilization of Syria since 2011. For Turkey to imply that its contribution to this effort amounts to a mere $320,000 is simply not credible as being representative of its overall stake. Whether that is just a reflection of a timid mea culpa on Ankara’s part in the face of international condemnation – is not certain.
More at: http://21stcenturywire.com/2017/08/1...ards-damascus/
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