Hm, there is no one here talking about the future of Syria and whether if it will be Balkanized or not.
Say there are 20,000 rebels in this operation and their mission is done after capturing Bab and other areas then what? This is about the rebel's perspective on this operation and what is their future goal once the mission is complete.
I find it very hard to believe they would join Turkey just like that when they saw what was happening in Aleppo and knowing Turkey made a deal with Russia. Also, moving to this operation was one of the reason of Aleppo collapse so there is noway they would join just like that.
There must be some sort of secret deal with rebels and Turkey that no one will know yet, maybe Turkey/rebels will push to the western side again in a larger scale and confront Assad since the rebels won't stay idle after the Euphrates Shield is complete? Will Turkey invade Syria (under the prexext of eliminating YPG etc) in the future? Could it be the reason why they patiently allowed YPG to expand further in the last few months so they could wait for this moment?
Also, I was reading the relationship with Turkey and Hafez/Bashar, it was never stable and both have threatened each over over territorial disputes and harboring PKK.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/09/lessons-syria-turkey-standoff.html
I also wonder what Iranian controlled-Assad will do when he moves to Turk-FSA areas after he re-capture the remains and what Turkey's response will be if he tries to touch rebel areas under Turkish control?