Erdogan looks for military victory to avenge electoral defeat / alMonitor :
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What is noteworthy is the speculation that “if [IS] crosses the Marea Line, then the Bab al-Hawa and Bab al-Salam crossings will be endangered.” If that happens, that will be the end of the latest Turkey-Saudi-engineered revolution project because it will be the end of logistics support of Jabhat al-Nusra, Ahrar al-Sham and other jihadist groups making up Jaish al-Fatah. No wonder they are worried.
Election results in Turkey really worried the proponents of the proxy war. Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist close to the palace, took the pulse of AKP leaders and wrote an article in the daily Al Hayat that said, “No need to worry. Erdogan is still the master.”
He concluded the article by saying, “Turkey has an important role to play as events there are accelerating, especially in the north, whereas in the south Saudi Arabia and Jordan are fulfilling their duties. When north meets south, someone must call Erdogan and ask him to accelerate what has been agreed upon. He is still headmaster, after all.”
Erdogan seems to be in a hurry to keep his word. It will not be possible to sustain the Syrian policy when a coalition government is formed in Turkey, so Erdogan is dragging Turkey into an adventure in the transition period.
Erdogan wants to win the elections he lost, this time as the commander in chief. Surely he must be aware that this calculation includes deadly risks such as clashing with the Kurds, fighting with the Syrian army and provoking the IS nightmare against Turkey.