Exclusive: With a Russian nudge, Turkey and Syria step up contacts

Source:Reuters Date:17Sep2022

Great article, which also explains WHY reconciliation is not possible.  If Erdogan concedes to Syrian peace in Assad’s terms Turkey will lose Idlib and get stuck with an extra half mil. Syrian refugees, which is poison for Erdogan’s reelection chances:

The regional source allied to Damascus and a second senior pro-Assad source in the Middle East said the Turkish-Syrian contacts had made a lot of progress, without giving details.

A third regional source aligned with Damascus said Turkish-Syrian relations had begun to thaw and were advancing to a stage of “creating a climate for understanding”.