Turkish authorities have confirmed that the perpetrators of the suicide attack on Istanbul airport are members of Daesh, from the Syrian province of Raqqa, the headquarters of the “caliphate.”
Its motives are perhaps to retaliate against Ankara for its actions against Daesh fighters. Turkey is engaged in a war against Daesh in cooperation with the US, and has reconciled with Russia and Israel. The organization may also have demands such as the release of prisoners.
After this attack, Turkey will surely intensify its efforts against the terror organization. Daesh has most probably been infiltrated, as many of its activities go against its ideology. In two consecutive days, it carried out attacks against two enemies of the Syrian regime: The Lebanese Forces party and Turkey.
The attacks on the Lebanese Forces contradict what Daesh says about targeting the Syrian regime and Hezbollah. The involvement of eight suicide bombers in the Lebanese Forces-controlled town of Qaa, which has limited influence in the conflict zone, is strange, larger than expected and unprecedented.
The repeated targeting of Turkey promotes the idea that Daesh has been infiltrated. Al-Qaeda used to cooperate with the Syrian regime and the Iraqi opposition against US forces in Iraq. When Daesh rose during the Syrian uprising, it was an extension of Al-Qaeda. It fought against different factions, including the Free Syrian Army (FSA), Islamist groups, the Syrian regime and its allies.
Despite its ideological fanaticism, Daesh does not mind cooperating with its opponents. It is working with the Syrian regime against Turkey. It has cooperated with Baathist groups in Iraq, although it defames them. It has traded with the Syrian regime and sold oil to it.
Some blame Russia for terrorism in Turkey, but there is no evidence to support this claim. Maybe Moscow has the biggest interest in weakening Turkey, especially since Ankara shot down a Russian warplane over the borders with Syria.
However, the Russians were never known to be skilled in infiltrating and using Islamist groups, as opposed to the Syrian regime, which has 30 years of such experience via its intelligence services, which run Palestinian and Lebanese extremist groups. Whether the mastermind of the attack on Istanbul airport was Daesh member or a member of the intelligence services of the Syrian regime and its allies, it is in Ankara’s interests not to abandon the Syrian revolution.
The FSA has proven with time, despite all its weakness and losses, that it is the only Syrian group that deserves support as it does not have a foreign agenda, unlike other opposition groups such as Al-Nusra Front and Ahrar Al-Sham, which are not so different from Daesh, even if they are not yet involved in operations against Turkey and its allies.
Ankara’s interest lies in a military solution against the Syrian regime to reach an appropriate political solution between the regime and the opposition. Without military success, chaos will continue because the regime is broken and cannot be repaired.
Its motives are perhaps to retaliate against Ankara for its actions against Daesh fighters. Turkey is engaged in a war against Daesh in cooperation with the US, and has reconciled with Russia and Israel. The organization may also have demands such as the release of prisoners.
After this attack, Turkey will surely intensify its efforts against the terror organization. Daesh has most probably been infiltrated, as many of its activities go against its ideology. In two consecutive days, it carried out attacks against two enemies of the Syrian regime: The Lebanese Forces party and Turkey.
The attacks on the Lebanese Forces contradict what Daesh says about targeting the Syrian regime and Hezbollah. The involvement of eight suicide bombers in the Lebanese Forces-controlled town of Qaa, which has limited influence in the conflict zone, is strange, larger than expected and unprecedented.
The repeated targeting of Turkey promotes the idea that Daesh has been infiltrated. Al-Qaeda used to cooperate with the Syrian regime and the Iraqi opposition against US forces in Iraq. When Daesh rose during the Syrian uprising, it was an extension of Al-Qaeda. It fought against different factions, including the Free Syrian Army (FSA), Islamist groups, the Syrian regime and its allies.
Despite its ideological fanaticism, Daesh does not mind cooperating with its opponents. It is working with the Syrian regime against Turkey. It has cooperated with Baathist groups in Iraq, although it defames them. It has traded with the Syrian regime and sold oil to it.
Some blame Russia for terrorism in Turkey, but there is no evidence to support this claim. Maybe Moscow has the biggest interest in weakening Turkey, especially since Ankara shot down a Russian warplane over the borders with Syria.
However, the Russians were never known to be skilled in infiltrating and using Islamist groups, as opposed to the Syrian regime, which has 30 years of such experience via its intelligence services, which run Palestinian and Lebanese extremist groups. Whether the mastermind of the attack on Istanbul airport was Daesh member or a member of the intelligence services of the Syrian regime and its allies, it is in Ankara’s interests not to abandon the Syrian revolution.
The FSA has proven with time, despite all its weakness and losses, that it is the only Syrian group that deserves support as it does not have a foreign agenda, unlike other opposition groups such as Al-Nusra Front and Ahrar Al-Sham, which are not so different from Daesh, even if they are not yet involved in operations against Turkey and its allies.
Ankara’s interest lies in a military solution against the Syrian regime to reach an appropriate political solution between the regime and the opposition. Without military success, chaos will continue because the regime is broken and cannot be repaired.
