"You were probably just thinking to yourself that the civil war in Syria isn't complicated enough, that there aren't enough warring parties, and that the constantly shifting sides have become predictable and tired. Well, don't despair, there are now rumors emerging out of Turkey that may introduce enough new dimensions to the conflict to keep you confused well into the next decade.
The Turkish press is reporting that the Turkish government may be about to invade Syria along a 70-mile stretch of Turkey's border with Syria to create a 20-mile deep safe zone. This issue is currently the subject of heated speculation and controversy in Ankara, making it quite difficult to figure out what is really happening.
But beyond the fevered speculation, why would Turkey want to invade Syria anyway?
Syria has long been a threatening mess, but neither Turkey nor anyone else has exactly been lining up to send their national armies into Syria. Sure, foreign fighters are plentiful in Syria and all of the regional powers, as well as the United States and Russia, have supported proxies there. But even after more than four years of bloody, destabilizing warfare, national armies have avoided it like the plague. The reason is quite simple: The complicated Syrian civil war has quagmire written all over it. As hard as it is to send a foreign army into Syria, it would be harder still to get it out…"
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