Within the messy aftermath of the autumn of the Assad regime in Syria, many questions stay in regards to the nation’s long run, however something is obvious: Turkey has emerged as a winner, with extra affect than ever over the rebels who now keep watch over maximum of Syria.Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, had lengthy labored with and supported the Syrian rebels who marched on Damascus this month and compelled President Bashar al-Assad to escape.That sparsely cultivated courting opens up “a shockingly large area for financial and political affect,” mentioned Asli Aydintasbas, a visiting fellow at Brookings Establishment in Washington with a selected center of attention on Turkey.“Syria won’t have a clean transition, and there is also renewed preventing between factions,” she added. “However what’s uncontestable is that Turkey’s affect will handiest develop, economically and politically.”Within the procedure, Turkey seems to have additionally weakened the regional affect of Russia, which at the side of Iran was once a key backer of the Syrian president, she mentioned. It’s unclear whether or not Russia will be capable of retain the army bases it has on Syria’s Mediterranean coast.To start with, Turkey didn’t say a lot when the rebels swept throughout northern Syria, seizing two necessary towns in a couple of days. But if Mr. Erdogan in any case did discuss, he was once quietly assured.Thanks on your persistence whilst we check get admission to. If you’re in Reader mode please go out and log into your Occasions account, or subscribe for all of The Occasions.Thanks on your persistence whilst we check get admission to.Already a subscriber? Log in.Need all of The Occasions? Subscribe.
