The Turkish role in Idlib and its adverse reaction from the Russian side supporting the Syrian National Army, which was considered by Russian President Vladimir Putin in breach of the Sochi 2018 agreement signed with Turkish President Rajep Tayyip Erdogan, who supported the Syrian opposition groups designated terrorist, and issued orders to bomb sites The Syrian army with Turkish missiles succeeded in shooting down two Syrian helicopters,
It has angered the Russian side for the consequent change in the conditions and equations of engagement on the ground, and it is expected that the relationship will become more complicated after Erdogan asked the United States to send “Patriot” missiles to counter Russian aircraft and missiles.In an effort to win the hearts of the United States that caused Erdogan‘s purchase of the S-400 missiles from Russia, it has angered the United States and NATO as a member.
The Turkish threat to attack the Syrian army directly if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad does not stop his attack on Idlib, the last major area controlled by the Syrian armed factions, is considered. The end of the Russian-Turkish alliance period.
As stated in the newspaper “Washington Examiner” America, which saw that Erdogan, who imagined himself as a major tactical player, Russia manipulated, by pushing him to destroy long relations with the United States for the sake of temporary political relationship with the Russian side for limited purposes.
However, Erdogan‘s realistic calculations make him unable to fully trust Moscow, which pushes him to seek greater balance with Washington, and the article’s author, Michael Rubin, called on the White House, Congress, and the State Department to think about how to restore relations with Turkey, which made it clear that Turkey cannot be trusted. And it is required to restore that relationship through Turkey’s payment of the consideration.
Quoted from the Egyptian Observatory website
