As actors involved have notably toned down their objections to Turkey’s potential ground offensive in northern Syria, the ball seems to be in Russia's court, but how can Ankara convince Moscow to give it a green light?
The answer might lie in a series of positive messages that Turkey has been signaling to the Syrian government over the past two weeks. After Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed his fresh interest in a possible meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad last week, Ankara offered a series of new olive branches this week.
