Would Syria Retaliate Against Turkey?
Al-Monitor’s analysis coverage of a possible US military strike on Syria.
Turkey at Risk
Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Mekdad, in an interview this week with The Wall Street Journal, warned Turkey, Israel and Jordan about participating in an attack on Syria.
Mekdad said that Iran and Russia are behind Syria in the event of a US strike, adding: “We are being supplied until this minute with Russian arms to defend ourselves.”
A possible Syrian retaliation against US allies would put the Obama administration right back on the spot about its role in the Syria war. Former CIA Director Michael Hayden told CNN, “you can’t believe this is one and done,” despite the US interest in keeping the strike ‘limited.’
