French Intelligence finally noticing that 100's of jihadis enter Syria through Turkey each week

UK Reuters
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 17:28 UTC

French military intelligence estimates that about 100 foreigners continue to enter Syria from Turkey each week to join Islamic State, French daily Le Figaro reported on Wednesday.

France's foreign minister said on Sunday that questions needed to be asked on whether Turkey was a viable partner in the fight against Islamic State in Syria and would raise the issue in a coalition meeting in Washington this week

"According to the Direction for Military Intelligence (DRM) in Paris, each week, about 100 foreigners continue to cross Turkey into Syria to join Islamic State," Le Figaro reported, citing sources.

Comment: Call them jihadists, call them "moderate rebels", call them whatever you like. They are Western-created proxy armies meant to destabilize and ultimately overthrow the Assad regime. Turkey is (was?) a friend of NATO/EU/US so that is where the anti-Assad forces enter Syria from and also one of the places where they get arms and medical treatment (Israel is one other location for "recuperating and re-arming"). The fact that the French foreign minister is publicly wondering whether Turkey is a "viable partner" has nothing to do with ISIS entering Syria through Turkey, which the whole world was already aware of, and everything to do with Erdogan's public statements ever since the failed coup. They see Erdogan softening on Assad and cozying up to Iran and Russia. The West doesn't want that, so they figure to put plenty of pressure on him to fall back into line.