Operation Towards Eastern Syria: Repercussions on Turkey — Russia Relations

... numerous calls made to have a consensus on the safe zone, U.S prefer to stall time and progress. Regardless of the Turkish efforts not to damage bilateral relations while having a decision on the Syrian conflict, Washington chose to continue to endorse YPG/PKK. In the end, a confrontation between two NATO members becomes inevitable. As a result, there occurs a high possibility that causes Russia and Turkey to come to a step closer as they are managing the Syrian conflict together and keeping a high-level dialogue that has recently been enhanced. The last important factor is the fact that Russia can actually be benefited from the operation....