[The Pack Knight]

Not through open warfare, but I can certainly see them providing some financial and other support in order to draw out any Turko-Syrian hostilities in order to make it more costly, both materially and politically, for Turkey. A weakened and less assertive Turkey is definitely in Russia’s core interests.

[justa-hairyape]

The Turkish population could be devastated if Syria decides to use and deploy its vast Chemical and Biological WMD. Turkey has signed on to the nonproliferation treaty and has no Chemical or Biological WMD. There are US nukes residing in Turkey, but they are under Obama’s control.