By vetoing the UN resolution on Syria, Russia openly ran counter to the United States, an Armenian expert said.

Besides, according to Araik Sargsyan, Turkey may launch an offensive against Syria in an aspiration to regain influence in countries, once part of the Ottoman Empire. “Syrian opposition holds its gatherings in Turkey, which, in turn, is conducting military exercise at the border with Syria,” he said, adding that the situation in the region will become clear after the U.S. withdraws troops from Iraq.

Russia and China have used their veto right and blocked a draft UN resolution that threatened sanctions against Syria if President Bashar Assad's government continued violence against the opposition in the country on October 4. Russian envoy to the UN Vitaly Churkin said at the session of the UN Security Council that the draft document reflected a "confrontational" approach toward the resolution of the political crisis in Syria. "The document did not contain provisions on the unacceptability of an external military intervention," Churkin said.