[jhpigott]

In light of the comments made yesterday by the Turkey’s FM, this is rather interesting . . .

15:00
UN says withdraws non-essential staff from Syria (Reuters)

http://www.haaretz.com/misc/breaking-news

[jhpigott]

Galrahn over at Information Dissemination picking up on this story as well -

Galrahn Raymond Pritchett
So is the UN staff withdrawal from Syria a response to the warnings by the Turkish FM? Is Turkey signaling military action?
13 minutes ago

http://twitter.com/#!/Galrahn

[ctdonath2]

Uh-oh.

[Mariner]

Turkey would not hesitate to "stabilize" NW Syria in perpetuity.

It's in their strategic interests.