The Syrian crisis has reached a critical point, from the use of chemical weapons as a tool in the internal war, to threats that the United States and Europe will take punitive measures against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, to speculations, analysis and unbalanced scenarios of the reactions that will arise from these dangerous developments.
In Iraq, the concerns and speculations seem to be more severe than in any other place. There are talks that the border between the two countries — which extends nearly 600 km (373 miles) — will become an open crossing for Sunni extremist armed groups, and that battlefields will span across the border to enable al-Qaeda to escalate its operations.