As President Vladimir V. Putin welcomes Turkey’s leader to Moscow, his primary goal is to protect his long-term project of dividing NATO.
New York Times: Russia and Turkey, at odds over Syria, search for a way forward
Turkish soldiers carry the coffin of Turkish soldier Halil Cankaya, who was killed in an airstrike in the Syrian town of Idlib, during the funeral ceremony in Ankara, Turkey, on March 1, 2020. - Turkish forces downed two Syrian war planes over northwest Syria on March 1, 2020, a war monitor said, after Ankara announced a cross-border military operation there. The downings come after Turkey announced a military operation in northwest Syria after regime air strikes on February 27 killed over 30 Turkish soldiers.
