Turkey has been threatening and calling for military action for 18 months, but US officials say that the Turks are not in fact ready to do anything beyond providing support for refugees and opposition fighters. Qatar and Saudi Arabia are also sending arms to Syrian opposition groups, but the Arab League and the Gulf Cooperation Council are paralyzed.
没有大国的领导地区组织仍然无法化解地区冲突。过去18个月来土耳其一直威胁并呼吁采取军事行动，但美国官员称土耳其人其实还没有做好准备采取支持难民和反对派武装以外的举措。卡塔尔和沙特阿拉伯也为叙利亚反对派团体运送武器，但阿拉伯联盟和海湾合作委员会都陷入到瘫痪境地而无法自拔。没有愿意共同领导和全力推进的大国的力量，地区组织根本无法对自己家门口的事件负责。