Selon le Financial Times la Jordanie s’apprêterait à établir une zone tampon dans le sud de la Syrie alors que se poursuit la bataille pour le contrôle de Deraa :
▻http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ead1961a-1e38-11e5-ab0f-6bb9974f25d0.html#axzz3eV3W0rjF
Jordan is preparing to set up a security zone in southern Syria to prevent a jihadi victory in the area, carving out the first humanitarian “buffer zone” for rebels and refugees in four years of civil war.
The main aim of the operation will be to create a safe area on Jordan’s border, stretching across the southern Syrian provinces of Deraa and Suwayda, and including the city of Deraa, where the Syrian uprising began in 2011, according to people familiar with the plans.
[...]
People familiar with the situation say that Jordan is also considering a militarised zone that will segregate the buffer area from Syrian regime forces to the North. It will be manned by existing fighters in the anti-Assad rebel southern brigades, reinforced with a brigade of troops currently being trained in Jordan. The Jordanian military — one of the most capable in the Middle East — will provide support.
The plans are backed by key members of the international coalition against Isis, who are expected to provide behind-the-lines military support and advice but it remains unclear whether Washington will sanction the move: many in the Obama administration are hesitant about backing a ground operation in Syria.
Ces rumeurs d’invasion et autres projets de buffer zone au sud font écho aux bruits d’autres bottes au nord (Turquie) : ▻http://seenthis.net/messages/385498
