Syria: from Demilitarization Zone in Idlib to Quartet Summit

... quartet meeting should be considered as an important step to build a dialogue and trust between the three NATO allies and Russia. In the long-term perspective all four players are interested Syria’s stability, which enables the return of millions of refugees from Turkey and the EU and forges more incentives for Brussels to finance the reconstruction of a war-torn country. The break of Idlib deal is especially dangerous for the mainstream parties in the EU when far rights gain power from Sweden to Italy. The single looser of EU–Russia–Turkey alliance is the United States. If four countries agree on Idlib, Russia and Turkey will have more capacity and common ground to raise the question of the American presence ...