Bombings Lead to Anger, Questions Over Turkey’s Syria Policy

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  • Bombings Lead to Anger, Questions Over Turkey’s Syria Policy - Al-Monitor : the Pulse of the Middle East
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    But the haste with which the arrest of the alleged perpetrators was announced, together with persistent declarations that the Free Syrian Army (FSA) is not involved in these attacks, has only increased public suspicions, and the official news blackout on reporting from Reyhanli has not helped the government’s credibility either.

    The news blackout has not prevented the social media from being overtaken with rumors spread by angry people accusing radical elements within the armed Syrian opposition of carrying out the attacks on the eve of Erdogan’s visit to Washington . The speculation is that the attacks were carried out to influence the Erdogan-Obama talks to the advantage of the Syrian opposition.

    Les réseaux sociaux en Turquie doutent de la version officielle sur l’attentat de Reyhanli... La « sagesse populaire » y verrait bien l’acte de rebelles radicaux...