Is Syria’s eastern front about to boil over?
Another tough week for US-Turkey relations as Erdogan accuses US of "sick mentality."
Syria may be on the verge of another escalation in violence.
Friction is increasing in the east, where on Aug. 25 a Russian vehicle hit an American vehicle on patrol, injuring four US soldiers.
Meanwhile, in the northwest, there is a gathering storm around Idlib, where Russian-backed Syrian forces may be threatening another, perhaps final, assault on the enclave run by the terrorist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (Liberation of the Levant) and other armed opposition groups, as Sultan al-Kanj reports.
All this comes as US-Turkish relations remain poor. The only thing that seems to keep ties from going into the abyss is the personal connection between US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, although you couldn’t tell by Erdogan’s comments this week.
