I've often read and heard characterizations of the current crisis as a regional proxy war in which Ankara and Riyadh are seeking to effectively hijack the anti-government rebellion by putting opposition militias on their payroll with the ultimate goal of installing the current leadership of the Syrian National Coalition and creating a new Syrian government which will be friendlier to their interests as well as the interests of the West. While you were in the Idlib and Aleppo provinces, did you find the political agendas of some of the opposition militias whom you met with to be in any way at all influenced by the government of Turkey or the governments of the GCC countries? If so, how strong was this influence on the activities and the goals of these opposition militias? And what was the view among opposition militias of the Syrian National Coalition?
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I've often read and heard characterizations of the current crisis as a regional proxy war in which Ankara and Riyadh are seeking to effectively hijack the anti-government rebellion by putting opposition militias on their payroll with the ultimate goal of installing the current leadership of the Syrian National Coalition and creating a new Syrian government which will be friendlier to their interests as well as the interests of the West. While you were in the Idlib and Aleppo provinces, did you find the political agendas of some of the opposition militias whom you met with to be in any way at all influenced by the government of Turkey or the governments of the GCC countries? If so, how strong was this influence on the activities and the goals of these opposition militias? And what was the view among opposition militias of the Syrian National Coalition?
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