Turkey and Russia Prepared to Launch Joint Military Patrols in Syria’s Idlib
March 9, 2019 - Elizabeth Teoman![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/20190308%20TSK%20Patrols%20in%20NW%20Syria_0.png?itok=n_rh7BQC)
Growing Turkish-Russian military cooperation in Syria is a dangerous sign of a wider shift to a closer strategic relationship between Turkey and Russia.