The regime of Bashar al-Assad denounces a "flagrant aggression and support of Istanbul to jihadists and Islamic groups" and one of the spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry speaks of an "unacceptable action". Ankara openly supports the Syrian opposition since 2011.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu he justified this transaction as a defensive gesture of the Turkish heritage because he said "the deterioration of the situation around the tiny Turkish enclave of a few hundred square meters where lies Suleiman Shah, grandfather of Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire. "
Ahmet Davutoglu welcomed the "smooth" this first Turkish incursion in Syria since the start of the civil war while acknowledging the death of a soldier.
The relics of the Turkish dignitary were returned temporarily to Turkey to be buried later in Syria. An area was secured in Syrian territory to transfer shortly the remains at this location.
In the night from Saturday to Sunday, about forty Turkish tanks entered Syria to remove the remains of the Ottoman dignitary and 38 soldiers guarding the tomb. A site northeast of Aleppo in a zone held by the Organization Islamic state.
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