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A political commentator says there are growing fears that the ongoing ISIL violence in Syria would spill over into Turkey.

"I think the possibility does exist, and I think between Ankara’s fears that this might spill over into their territory is resulting in their desiring assurances from the West and NATO that they would be protected against such an eventuality," Yuram Abdullah Weiler, a freelance writer and political critic, told Press TV in an interview on Wednesday.

The remarks come as North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has expressed its readiness to defend Turkey as a member state in the face of attacks from the ISIL Takfiri militants.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has recently held the Western military alliance responsible for protecting Turkey’s “integrity” and its borders.

The ISIL terrorists control large areas of Syria’s east and north.

The analyst further stressed that Turkey and Qatar have been main manufacturers and backers of the ISLI militants in the region.

"If you look back over the past nine years the original impetus for ISIL was connection between Qatar and Turkey," said Weiler, adding, "Turkey has long acted as a logistic base and a point of funneling funds and troop into the conflict in Syria."

Washington and its regional allies are the leading supporters of the ISIL and other affiliated militant groups operating against the government of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria.

The United States says it is striking ISIL positions in both Iraq and Syria, but there is skepticism on both sides of the border about the real objective of the airstrikes.

Analysts believe that the Western agenda is not about rooting out ISIL, but it is more about maintaining certain interests within the Middle East.