The government led by the Islamists led by the insurgents got a chance.
Turkey is ready to provide military assistance to the new government in Syria if it requests it, Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Güler said on Sunday. TASR reports according to the AFP agency.
The new Syrian government, headed by Islamist-led rebels who overthrew the government of longtime leader Bashar Assad a week ago, should be given a chance, Turkish media quoted Güler as saying.
According to the head of the Ministry of Defense, Turkey is ready to provide the necessary support if the new (Syrian) administration requests it.
Turkey has already allowed the return of more than 7,600 Syrian refugees
At the same time, the Turkish Ministry of the Interior said on Sunday that more than 7,600 refugees returned to Syria through the Turkish border in the five days after Assad’s fall.
Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya wrote on the X platform that the total number of Syrians “who voluntarily returned home from Turkey” between December 9 and 13″ is 7,621, writes AFP.
In a short offensive, the Syrian rebels managed to occupy large cities such as Aleppo, Hama and Homs in the north, and finally Damascus, which forced the deposed president Assad to flee his homeland. Russia granted him political asylum on the instructions of President Vladimir Putin.
