In the war-torn Middle East, the decade-long civil war in Syria has flared up once again. What role is Turkey playing and what are Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's aims in neighboring Syria?

Turkey could be one of the big winners from the new Syria crisis, giving it a chance to tackle its Syrian refugee problem and the Kurdish threat along its border, observers say.

Syria’s long civil war has reclaimed global attention after insurgents seized most of Aleppo and dozens of nearby towns and villages. Experts think that Turkey, which influences the large coalition of rebel fighters that are occupying the country’s second-largest city,