ISTANBUL
Syrian political analyst Omer Kos described the last week's Reyhanli blast in Turkish border province of Hatay as "not the first terrorist act of the Syrian regime, but a message to its neighbors by using the 40-year-old violence policy, which it subjected to its own people, in Turkey after Lebanon and Iraq."
Assessing the recent car bomb attacks in Reyhanli town of Turkey's southern Hatay province which killed 51 people, Kos said it had been the biggest incident on the border since the beginning of the clashes in Syria.
Stressing that the Syrian regime's policy of pressure and violence subjected to its own people, Kos said, "no matter what they say, the regime's terror has turned our lives into hell for 40 years. We turned slaves in the hands of Assad family, with unlimited violence, pressure and murder. With Reyhanli bombings, Syrian regime wanted to give a message to its neighbors as well as Turkey. Targeting especially the AK Party government for it stood beside the Syrian people, the Syrian regime said 'If you keep on supporting or standing beside them, we will do this to you.' Turkish government will either get estranged with the Syrian cause or use every means available for supporting the opposition to break free from the Syrian regime right away."
"It's no use to be patient against the Syrian regime," said Kos, stating that the regime didn't give up on killing its own people despite the international reactions.
Kos, arguing the Reyhanli blast was not the first terrorist act of the Syrian regime, noted that "Our Lebanese brothers tasted the annihilation, assassinations and traps of the Syrian regime. The assassinated Lebanese leaders Kemal Canpolat and former Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri were neither the first nor the last. The Syrian regime had a long history of killing, annihilation and assassination. The Lebanese people know the names of those martyrs and missing very well who were sacrificed in the assassinations."
Reporting by Ahmet Esad Sani
