... forever. In a way, the ongoing crisis became possible only because the notion of a strategic partnership between Russia and Turkey had remained only on paper. Lacking the proper strategic depth, it did not pass a reality check and collapsed as a house ... ... than real. Today Turkey arguably feels more pain than Russia does. Grounding the Russian aircraft has not helped to protect the Syrian Turkmen population close to the Turkish border; on the contrary, Turkmen opposition groups are more vulnerable now than ...
... of seeking revenge, Russia's response to the crisis has been ... to "
seriously reconsider
" its relationship with Turkey.
No missile attacks, no retaliatory air strikes, no expulsion of Turkish diplomats. Just a serious reconsideration. And ... ... intransigent.
Russia by contrast has acted in a mature and responsible manner. It has reaffirmed
its commitment
to the war in Syria and announced that it will deploy additional
anti-aircraft missiles
to the country but has refrained from taking any lethal ...
The incident that occurred in the skies over Syria when a Turkish F-16 shot down a Russian Su-24 got the whole world talking about how close we came to an all-out conflict ... ... naval version of S-300, will cover almost the entire territory of Syria including the capital Damascus, southern regions of Turkey, all of Cyprus and Lebanon as well as half of Israel and Jordan.
Turkey and Israel are likely to be outraged at this decision ...
