Report: Iran warns Turkey againt intervention inside Syria
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Iran has recently warned Turkey against any attack on Syrian territory, saying that Tehran will retaliate "hardly" against a possible attack on its ally, reported Monday al-Watan newspaper, which is close to the government in Damascus. "Turkey has received over the last few hours very strong warnings and the following message: 'beware if you change the playing field," said the paper, quoting an unidentified Arab diplomat.
"Ankara was preparing, alongside the United States, to intervene militarily in the crisis using the Syrian Kurdish issue as a pretext, but Iran has terminated the Turkish dreams," wrote al-Watan.
The Islamic Republic has informed Ankara that it will "harshly retaliate against any attack inside Syrian territory and that Iran would reactivate (if applicable) the joint defense agreement signed with Syria," wrote al-Watan .
This is a "clear response to recent threats by Turkish Prime Minister," the diplomat said. Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Damascus on July 26 to have "given" several areas of northern Syria to the PKK and warned that Ankara could exercise its right of hot pursuit into Syria against the Kurdish rebels.
The Arab diplomat said that "Turkey has agreed with the United States on limited border intervention in northern Syria and especially in the province of Aleppo to create a buffer zone."
The Free Syrian Army r (FSA), whose headquarters are in Turkey, has been trying to win the battle in the city of Aleppo in order to create a "safe zone" in northern Syria.
The Turkish army was continuing Monday, reinforcing its claims near the Syrian border with the deployment of missile batteries, tanks and infantry fighting vehicles in the south, according to Anatolia news agency.
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Iran is not going to retaliate. Turkey has a joint defense agreement of it's own with NATO. I do not imagine that it would be wise for Iran to go on the attack. If they ever do, they will pay dearly. Besides, the government of Iran knows precisely that the Assad regime is failing and it is only a matter of time. It should not be worth the risk.
lets see if Iran has more guts than Russia. It seems Putin has sold out and last week refused to alow his marines to land in syria which would have stopped the U.S. advance in its tracks.
Russia could simply deploy a squadron of advanced aircraft and allow their 10,000 marines sitting off shore to land in Syria and CHECKMATE!
Not even the hubris of Britain will face off against Russia in full battle regalia. The Russian army is more battle ready and their quick mobility and short supply lines would spell disaster for the limeys.
However, it seems father Putin is more interested in American money than he is protecting syria or Iran. One hopes that Iran realizes that after the west destroys Syria, they will quickly turn their eyes to Tehran. Will Russia also sell out tehran? Probably.
