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Intel: How Turkey is turning to Russia amid row with US over Syria
The timing of the Turkish foreign minister’s unexpected phone call today with his Russian counterpart in the middle of US-Turkey talks on Syria is the latest sign that Washington and Ankara remain hopelessly at odds over how to move forward in the region.
- Al-Monitor
Why it matters: Mevlut Cavusoglu’s call to Sergey Lavrov was made “upon the initiative of the Turkish side,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The Syria dossier topped the agenda.
The call comes as Turkey is increasingly expressing its displeasure over the Donald Trump administration’s reluctance to…