Does Turkey face day of reckoning with al-Qaeda in Idlib?

Al-Qaeda affiliate gains upper hand in northern Syrian city; Turkey’s shameful show trial of independent journalists part of “vicious crackdown.”
Members from a coalition of rebel groups called "Jaish al Fateh", also known as "Army of Fatah" (Conquest Army), man a checkpoint in Idlib city, Syria July 18, 2017. Picture taken July 18, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah - RTX3C9L9
Members from a coalition of rebel groups called Jaish al-Fatah, also known as Army of Fatah (Conquest Army), man a checkpoint in Idlib city, Syria, July 18, 2017. - REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah
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Turkey’s Idlib quagmire

Fehim Tastekin reports how both the CIA’s decision to end a covert program to fund Syrian armed groups and the Gulf-Qatar crisis may force an eventual showdown with al-Qaeda-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in Idlib.

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