Turkish army to provide militaru training to Syrian army

Turkey and Syria have agreed for the Turkish military to provide training for the Syrian army, diplomatic sources said yesterday. Sources speaking on condition of anonymity said Turkey's Deputy Chief of General Staff Aslan Guner visited Damascus in December and discussed the training of the Syrian army. During his visit, Guner participated in a Turkey-Syria High-Level Military Dialogue Meeting, where the two countries discussed the training of Syrian soldiers by Turkish soldiers, sources said. Military experts think the Syrian army, a Cold War ally of the Soviet Union, could transition to a more Western style if Syrian soldiers were trained by Turkish soldiers.