It is also interesting as Turkey is a member of NATO. Perhaps if ISIS attacks this site the full force of NATO can be brought to bear on them.
If these Turkish soldiers are anything like the Turkish soldiers I've heard stories about who fought beside US troops in Korea, then I'm not at all sure it will be a matter of simply "taking them hostage".
This is the excuse Turkey needs to drop its support of ISIS. Turkey cannot remain a trusted NATO member if it continues to remain a conduit for ISIS recruits and stolen oil. Their territorial integrity is also at risk. Without Western support part of Turkey would become Kurdistan.
what about air support?
Is this the tomb of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, who ruled the Ottoman Empire at its zenith?
If so, it is a holy site for all Turks, and they will attack ISIS with their own brand of savagery, demonstrated as recently as 1915.
Turkey is still occupying one half of Cyprus which they invaded in 1975. Turkey choose to engage in an ethnic conflict that is still not resolved because they are an occupying power. Israel should remind the world at the UN the next time a Turkish Ambassador opens his mouth about the West Bank or Gaza.
Yes, I doubt they will destroy this tomb, or harm the Turkish soldiers, seeing that they seem to have some sort of working arrangement with Turkey.
Suleiman the Magnificent?
Bad move on the part of ISIS.
Because this is an enclave in Syria a map of the location and pix would be usefull to the article