Does Russia still have a “Kurdish card” to play in Syria?

... harsh tensions between Russia and Turkey. This partnership has three goals: fighting terrorism, punish Turkey, and exert pressure on Damascus in Geneva. However, Ankara’s U-turn vis-à-vis Russia and Syria this summer has led Moscow to readjust its approach toward the Kurds. The normalization of Russian-Turkish relations and Turkey’s subsequent operation “Euphrates shield” in northern Syria have upset Moscow’s Syrian equation. From the very beginning of the crisis, the Syrian Kurds were seen by Russia as a mean to weaken ...