The increasingly brutal crackdown in Syria has tested what had been close Turkish-Syrian relations, with the Turkish government caught between maintaining good relations with Syria in order to have influence in Damascus and showing support for the Syrian opposition.
Sve brutalnija represija u Siriji stavila je na probu nekada bliske tursko-sirijske odnose jer se turska vlada zatekla između održavanja dobrih odnosa sa Sirijom kako bi imala uticaj u Damasku i izražavanja podrške sirijskoj opoziciji.