Turkey and Iran face off in a new battle in Syria

Source:Washington Post Date:21Feb2018

Dress rehersal of the calamity scenario. One hopes  sane minds will intervene, otherwise Ankara is committed to capture Afrin at any cost.

Syria’s messy war is becoming even messier. On Tuesday, pro-regime militias reportedly moved into the embattled enclave of Afrin, which is under siege from Turkish forces who invaded Syria last month. The regime units appeared to be reinforcing Syrian Kurdish factions that have controlled the area near the Turkish border, much to the frustration of Ankara.