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The proposed establishment of Turkish military bases in southeastern Syria would secure strategic advantages for Turkey. By exerting control over this arid land, Turkey would effectively block the flow of smuggling between Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq—a lucrative and destabilizing concern for the region. Such a military presence would also position Turkey uniquely against the Syrian Kurds, whose transactions and activities have raised suspicions of inciting separatism within Turkey itself.