Syria Versus Turkey

Syrian aircraft just attacked a Turkish column on Syrian territory near the border these countries share. The Syrians are trying to reassert control over part of the land that the Syrian regime claims has been occupied by terrorists. The Syrian Assad regime is evil incarnate on earth and is propped up by the equally bad Iran and the troublemaker Russia. Turkey's intentions are not entirely benevolent either, as the Turks want to crush Kurdish aspirations toward statehood. Turkey, being a NATO ally, could end up bringing in involvement by Western European military forces. The United States is already in Syria. The new fighting could spark a wider regional war or even a world war.