The military operation in Syria announced by Erdogan was canceled.

Despite statements by the Turkish military that Ankara's operation in northern Syria and in Idlib was supposed to begin in mid-October, it became known that due to the threat of the Russian military to attack Turkish units and the forces of Turkish-backed terrorists, this forced Erdogan to refuse from full-scale fighting. This is partly due to the inability to move quickly to the offensive due to the numerous minefields laid by the Syrian military and Kurdish forces.

At the moment, Turkish units deployed to Syria continue to demonstrate passivity, which is due to the unambiguous strengthening of Russian airspace patrols and the use of MiG-29SM fighters by the Syrian Air Force. In fact, Ankara previously began to threaten the Russian military for supporting the Kurdish formations, however, such threats were quickly suppressed by the strengthening of Russian positions.

“Erdogan's operation in Syria was blown away like a balloon. Taking into account the fact that Ankara has not yet begun to operate in Syria, the likelihood that the military operation, which can be considered an occupation mission, will be officially canceled altogether. ", - the expert declares.

It should be noted that another problem for Turkey was the transfer of a large number of armored vehicles to the Kurds by the American military, and, according to some reports, even short-range air defense systems, which leaves the Turkish troops without air cover.