By James M. Dorsey

Syrian rebels know what they want. Having captured two of Syria’s four largest cities, Aleppo and Hama, the insurgents are gunning for Homs, the country’s third largest urban center, and then the capital Damascus.

That is what Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would want if it doesn’t significantly accept Turkish apple carts In Washington, Moscow, and Tehran.

Read my analysis, listen to the podcast, or watch the video at https://jamesmdorsey.substack.com/p/syrian-rebels-are-gunning-for-damascus

By James M. Dorsey

is a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies as Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, co-director of the Institute of Fan Culture of the University of Würzburg and the author of the blog, The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer, and a forthcoming book with the same title.