A Mediterranean Battlefield - Syria

[Magda Hassan]

At long last, it would appear, the full weight of the SCO is about to be brought to bear in Syria: China in Syria? Ready to Join Russia in ISIS fight September 19th, 2015 - Dr. Christina Lin Times of Israel "If Assad asks, China can deploy troops to Syria"

Chinese Uyghur terrorists establishing base in Syria Turkey's proxy war with China With Erdogan waging an Islamist proxy war on China, Kurds, Assad, Sisi, Netanyahu via Al Qaeda affiliates, Army of Conquest, Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, it is no wonder Syria and Egypt both applied to join the China-led SCO in June this year. Thus Syria and China both share threats from the Army of Conquest that is attacking Assad and China's Xinjiang. As Peter Lee noted, it is also worrying for the Chinese that when Palestinian President Abbas visited Erdogan's new presidential palace in January 2015, the honor guards of 16 soldiers dressed in historical warrior costumes included a Uyghur. Each warrior represents one of the 16 "great (or historic) Turkish empires" commemorated on Turkey's official seal, one of which is the Uyghur Khanate that had subjected the Tang Dynasty to a de facto tributary relation when the Chinese empire was weak. Thanks to Hurriyet, we know that the Uyghur warrior was the sixth man from the top of the steps on the left. With Erdogan expanding Turkey's influence in Syria and ambitions to reconstitute the "Turkic world from the Adriatic Sea to the Great Wall" of China, should SCO aspirant member Syria request aid and grant permission, China can indeed march its troops across the Silk Road to "take the fight to ETIM before threat grows."

In other words, the SCO is taking military form, and preparing to go toe-to-toe with NATO.

Well this is welcome news. And will change the balance of play a lot I hope. The Uyghur of the Chinese oilfields have been useful to the US and now to Turkey.