Turkey’s patience is running out with the Assad regime in Idlib. Can Erdogan and Putin salvage the Sochi Agreement and rein Assad in?
As the Idlib battle rages between Turkey, its Syrian allies and Russia-backed Assad regime, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday.
Under deteriorating Syria conditions, the two presidents might still come up with a new agreement to address the brewing tensions or an open military confrontation between Ankara and Damascus could beEsref Yalinkilicli, a Moscow-based Eurasian analyst, thinks that the Putin-Erdogan meeting has the potential to address the growing tensions, but it could also abruptly end with both sides failing to reach an agreement after tough negotiations.
Moscow has released more conciliatory messages towards Ankara after the Turkish operation, saying that tensions should be de-escalated in Idlib, referring to the Sochi agreement. If this scenario is accepted by both sides, the Turkey-backed opposition will control the western side of the crucial highway as the regime rules over the eastern side of the M5, which could be joint-patrolled by both Russia and Turkey, he says.
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