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EXPERT: SYRIAN ISSUE IS A BURR IN THE SADDLE OF U.S. AND NATO
ARMINFO
Monday, October 8, 17:25
The Syrian issue has become a burr in the saddle of the Arab spring
scriptwriters, turcologist Anush Hovhannisyan said at the Oct 8 press
conference in Yerevan.
She said that the U.S. and NATO expected no such protraction of the
Syrian conflict, as according to their scenario, the problem should
have been settled within the shortest possible period of time, like
in the case of Egypt and Libya. In addition, the Kurdish factor,
specifically, the creation of autonomy has not been taken into
consideration. "The U.S. and NATO have reached a deadlock, they cannot
start military actions, because the presidential elections in the USA
are in the offing; they cannot step back, as this will demonstrate
NATO's infirmity. So, they only have to wait, but nobody knows how
long", she said.
In the meantime, the turcologist thinks that NATO is trying to change
the situation by means of Turkey, which failed to receive any support
after the first blow on Syria and suffered essential losses.
Hovhannisyan said that when delivering blows on Syria, official
Ankara hoped to benefit from the current situation, however, it
came across three problems: the extremely long resistance of Bashar
al-Assad's regime in Syria, which may freeze the situation; the lack
of the allies' support; and the protest of the Turkish people. The
expert thinks that in case of creation of Kurdish autonomy in Syria,
Turkey will by all means start military actions, because official
Ankara cannot admit the increase of the Kurdish influence.
To recall, on October 4 NATO held an extraordinary session in
connection with the incident on the Turkish-Syrian border. Brussels
qualified it as an outrageous violation of the international law. NATO
demanded that Damascus should stop any aggressive actions against
Turkey immediately. Turkey made target attacks in Syria.
ARMINFO
Monday, October 8, 17:25
The Syrian issue has become a burr in the saddle of the Arab spring
scriptwriters, turcologist Anush Hovhannisyan said at the Oct 8 press
conference in Yerevan.
She said that the U.S. and NATO expected no such protraction of the
Syrian conflict, as according to their scenario, the problem should
have been settled within the shortest possible period of time, like
in the case of Egypt and Libya. In addition, the Kurdish factor,
specifically, the creation of autonomy has not been taken into
consideration. "The U.S. and NATO have reached a deadlock, they cannot
start military actions, because the presidential elections in the USA
are in the offing; they cannot step back, as this will demonstrate
NATO's infirmity. So, they only have to wait, but nobody knows how
long", she said.
In the meantime, the turcologist thinks that NATO is trying to change
the situation by means of Turkey, which failed to receive any support
after the first blow on Syria and suffered essential losses.
Hovhannisyan said that when delivering blows on Syria, official
Ankara hoped to benefit from the current situation, however, it
came across three problems: the extremely long resistance of Bashar
al-Assad's regime in Syria, which may freeze the situation; the lack
of the allies' support; and the protest of the Turkish people. The
expert thinks that in case of creation of Kurdish autonomy in Syria,
Turkey will by all means start military actions, because official
Ankara cannot admit the increase of the Kurdish influence.
To recall, on October 4 NATO held an extraordinary session in
connection with the incident on the Turkish-Syrian border. Brussels
qualified it as an outrageous violation of the international law. NATO
demanded that Damascus should stop any aggressive actions against
Turkey immediately. Turkey made target attacks in Syria.