Week Seventeen of the Russian Intervention in Syria: And how will Russia react if he triggers it By The Saker The situation with Turkey is rapidly getting out of control: not only have the Turks conducted artillery strikes across the Syrian border , Turkey has refused to comply with its obligations under the Open Skies Treaty and refused to let a Russian surveillance aircraft overfly Turkey . The Russian military has now declared that it had detected signs of Turkish preparations for an invasion . The Turkish refusal to abide by the Open Skies Treaty is an extremely worrisome development, especially when combined with the Russian warnings about the preparation for an invasion of Syria, and the Russians are not mincing their words: There are plenty more indicators and warnings showing that an escalation is possible: the Geneva negotiations have been abruptly terminated, the Saudis are threatening to invade Syria and there are signs that the Syrian army is slowly but surely pr...
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