Can Putin and Erdoğan once again keep their countries from going to war?
One of the most dangerous flashpoints on earth at present is the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib.
There, Turkish and Russian military units tensely face each other while their proxy forces wage all-out warfare around them. Three dozen Turkish troops have died in the past week, some of them in airstrikes likely carried out by Russia. A war between Russia and Turkey, along with the explosive shock to the already fraying global order that it would bring, looks disturbingly possible.
The question is whether Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,
Close quarters in SyriaDrawing new lines
