Turkey and Iran on the brink of war

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The rift between Turkey and Iran widened on Tuesday, August 7th, when the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces threatened that "Turkey will be next in line for violence after Syria if it continues to work on behalf of Western interests. Ankara is toeing the Western (American) line in the region, like Saudi Arabia and Qatar. They are therefore accountable for the bloodshed in the Arab Republic [Syria]". . . .

Assad's army has left the Kurdish territories and the Kurds have been given control over most of their cities and over the border with Turkey (this is Turkey's longest border). To the Turks' horror, the Kurdish rebels have begun to hoist the PKK flag (the Kurdish underground in Turkey) in all the Kurdish territories in Syria and are not hiding their wish to found an independent Kurdish State or region, as they have done in Iraq.

Turkey's situation is worsening daily, because the Kurds have been growing stronger within Syria as well as in their ties to the Kurdish enclaves in the neighboring countries. Now Iraq has also warned Turkey not to continue bombing the Kurds in Iraq, and threatened retaliation if Turkey does not comply. The Iraqis are coordinating with Iran and thus narrowing Turkey's room to maneuver.