The Turkish government has seized a truck filled with weapons and ammunition in the southern Hatay Province. The truck was bound for Syrian rebel territory.
The driver claimed to be transporting humanitarian aid on behalf of the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), a major Turkish aid group active throughout the world. The IHH denied having anything to do with the arms, and the drivers likely just used that as an attempt to avoid a search.
Turkey has been the preferred route for smuggling weapons into Syria throughout the civil war, to the point where control over the border crossings has been a top priority for rebel factions looking to demand a cut of any shipments into the nation.
As the secular rebels have fallen by the wayside and al-Qaeda has come to dominate a lot of the region, Turkey appears to be looking to limit some of those shipments in a way that early on they simply didn’t care to.
Will they quietly be told later on to send the driver on his way, cargo intact?
Wouldn't surprise me in the least.
The turkish government knows if you dig someones elses grave ull end up falling into itslef!! He was after president bashar al assad now look at whats happening in turkey?? What goes round comes round! Karma works wonders!!