Like Saudi Arabia and the United States, Turkey has been heavily involved in providing support to opposition groups in Syria. Nihat Ozcan, a retired military officer and an analyst at the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey, said nations backing the Syrian opposition also used Turkey as a transit point to get weapons into Syria.
"They collect this type of old Soviet arms and equipment from the [former Eastern Bloc] countries, like <b>Bulgaria, Romania</b> or from <b>Central Asia</b>. They bring [them] to Turkey and then pass [them] to Syria under the United States, Turkish and the alliance control," Ozcan said.
"They collect this type of old Soviet arms and equipment from the [former Eastern Bloc] countries, like <b>Bulgaria, Romania</b> or from <b>Central Asia</b>. They bring [them] to Turkey and then pass [them] to Syria under the United States, Turkish and the alliance control," Ozcan said.
