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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

'Iran issues tough warning to Turkey on Syria'

from world tribune.....

''Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has issued a harsh warning to Turkey to end activities in Syria. In an article in IRGC's weekly Sobh'eh Sadegh, the elite military force asserted that Turkish forces were crossing into Syria as part of a Western campaign to destabilize the regime of President Bashar Assad.

"They entered through the Turkish border with Syria," the article, authored by R. Grumabdri, said.

The article published in July, titled "Iran's Serious Stance in the Face of Syrian Events" and said to reflect IRGC thinking, warned that Syria would remain a strategic asset of Iran. IRGC said Ankara was playing a double game, pretending to support democratic change while working to undermine Syria.

IRGC said Turkey was trying to exploit the revolt in Syria to press on long-held border claims. The author warned that Iran would stand with Syria against any Turkish intervention"............READ MORE

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