What the Idlib Crisis Means for Turkey and Russia
The standoff in Idlib between Turkish and Russian-backed Syrian forces has two dimensions: the immediate Turkish involvement in Syria and the broader Turkish-Russian rapprochement.
The standoff in Idlib between Turkish and Russian-backed Syrian forces has two dimensions: the immediate Turkish involvement in Syria and the broader Turkish-Russian rapprochement.
Despite Turkey’s violations of democratic norms, the humanitarian situation in Idlib requires the international community’s support.
With Turkey’s incursion backfiring, both Moscow and the Kurds may be closer to achieving their goals in Syria than Ankara.
From the US to the UK to Turkey, it is a hallmark of right-wing populists to make a preposterous policy and then be forced to retreat.
Following Donald Trump’s decision to suddenly abandon the Syrian Kurds, we still don’t know what the full aftermath of the move will entail.
It is Vladimir Putin who can take the greatest pleasure from America’s latest debacle in the Middle East.