Syria will take all necessary actions against the “Buffer Zone” that Turkey is calling for

[Bleipriester]

Syria and its allies oppose Turkey´s plan to create a "Buffer Zone" in Syria that aims to support terrorists.

Syria with its allies will take all necessary actions against the “Buffer Zone” that the enemy state of Turkey is calling for.

Turkey is a NATO state, however it facilitated the entry of terrorists from 83 nations into Syrian soil.

Damascus, SANA – Syria categorically rejects the establishment of buffer zones in any part of its territories under whatever pretext and rejects any intervention of foreign forces in its land.
Syria with its allies will take all necessary actions against the 8220 Buffer Zone 8221 that Turkey is calling for SYRIA 360

 

[Kondor3]

"All necessary measures..." ???

Given that they're in a state of civil war and have lost a helluva lot of territory and cannot even contain the enemy in their midst - both native rebels and foreign forces (ISIS-ISIL)...

Does Syria have the muscle (excess or spare capacity) to make-good on that declaration?

 

[Bleipriester]

At first, speaking of "native rebels" sounds silly. Though ISIS attracts more foreign fighters nowadays, the other groups aren´t native but consist of Syrians and foreigners as well as ISIS and also are as Islamist as ISIS.

Secondly, regardless of Syria´s strength it is hard to fight fanatic Islamists. The Soviets lost a war against them in Afghanistan. In face of these facts the stability of the Syrian Army´s fighting spirit cannot be underestimated.
As for the "Buffer Zone", I think Syria and its allies will not tolerate such a violation of Syria´s sovereignty. Russia would raise its hand, I guess.

 

[Bleipriester]

The "Buffer Zone" will not come into existence as such a zone cannot be imposed by a country but only by the UN Security Council where Russia has a veto right. Syria and its allies successfully thwarted Turkey´s attempt to create anti-government rat holes in Syria. Now, Turkey studies the possibility of such a zone inside of Turkey.
Turkey is studying the establishment of Buffer zones inside Turkish lands

 

[waltky]

Syrian refugee crisis gettin' rough on Turkey...

Refugee crisis mounts at Turkey's border as 400,000 flee ISIS advance and fresh violence erupts
23 September 2014 | Some 138,000 Syrian Kurdish refugees have entered Turkey to escape Isis; The U.N says it's making plans to deal with the entire population of Kobani; It is a key city for Syrian Kurds but is surrounded by Isis fighters

The United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday it was making contingency plans in case all 400,000 inhabitants of the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani fled into Turkey to escape advancing Islamic State militants. Some 138,000 Syrian Kurdish refugees have entered southern Turkey in an exodus that began last week, and two border crossing points remain open, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said. 'We are preparing for the potential of the whole population fleeing into Turkey. Anything could happen and that population of Kobani is 400,000,' UNHCR chief spokeswoman Melissa Fleming told a news briefing in Geneva. 'We don't know if all of those people will flee, but we are preparing for that contingency,' she said.

Syrian refugees wait behind barbed wire near the Turkish-Syrian border

The United States and Arab allies bombed Syria for the first time on Tuesday, killing dozens of Islamic State fighters and members of a separate al Qaeda-linked group, pursuing a campaign against militants into a war at the heart of the Middle East. Army General Martin Dempsey said the raids in northern Syria - which employed Tomahawk missiles, B1 bombers, F16, F18 and F22 strike fighters and drones - will have successfully proved to the radical Islamists that even strongholds such as the city of Raqqa do not represent a 'safe haven'. American air power was backed by 'participation or support' from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan and the UAE - a coalition of nations that has agreed to assist with the destruction of ISIS - with Britain not involved in the overnight strikes.

Syrian Kurds carry their belongings after crossing the Syrian-Turkish border at the southeastern town of Suruc

There was also a U.S. attack on a separate band of Islamist militants in Syria - the Al Qaeda-affiliated Khorasan Group, who were said to have been planning an 'imminent attack' on a Western target. On Monday, Syrian Kurds battled to defend the key border town of Kobani from an Islamic State advance as Kurdish youths from Turkey rushed to their aid. A first airlift of supplies for up to 200,000 people is due to arrive at Adana airport from Amman, Jordan on Wednesday, to be followed by three more flights later in the week, Fleming said.

Innocence lost: A little girl clutches food. Some 138,000 Syrian Kurdish refugees have entered southern Turkey in an exodus

Rupert Colville, U.N. human rights spokesman, told the briefing on Tuesday: 'Our biggest worry at the moment would be if Kobani itself, the town, fell.' At least 105 villages around Kobani have been captured by Islamic State forces since Sept. 15, including at least 85 over the weekend, he said. The U.N. rights office had reports that an additional 100 villages had been abandoned or evacuated for fear of being captured, he said. 'We have received very alarming reports of deliberate killing of civilians, including women and children, the abduction of hundreds of Kurds by ISIL, and widespread looting and destruction of infrastructure and private property,' he said, using another name for the Sunni militant group.

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