Turkey Says it Has No Intention For War With Syria

Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times

     As everyone already knows, there is massive violence happening in Syria for over a year and a half now. However, just a few weeks ago Turkey, which shares a border on Syria's northwestern side started aiding the rebels with weaponry. Last week, Turkish artillery sent strikes on Syrian territory killing multiple people and injuring even more. From these events one might think that Turkey has intentions for waging war against Syria. 
     "We have no intention for a war", said Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan. According to Turkish officials the reason for their artillery strikes were in response to a strike from Syrian territory that killed five people. The U.N. and NATO both had meetings specifically for this incident in order to maintain a low level of violence between the two countries. The Middle East is already on the brink of international war and this incident can start one between Turkey and Syria, even though Turkey claims on having no intentions of war. If a war breaks out between Turkey and Syria, America will most probably have a part in the war since they are allies with Turkey.