The Syrian war has morphed into a “proxy war” between the United States and Russia, claimed Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Numan Kurtulmus, who further warned that the conflict could spill beyond the Middle East.
“If this proxy war continues, after this, let me be clear, America and Russia will come to a point of war,” Kurtulmus told Turkey’s state’s Anadolu news agency, adding that the world is “on the brink of the beginning of a large regional or global war,” according to AFP on Wednesday.
Describing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as a “pawn” in the war, Kurtulmus said there is no way that Syrian regime forces can overcome rebels and terrorist organizations fighting against them.
