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Does Turkey have the will to take on jihadis in Idlib?

Turkey and Russia will continue to be at odds in Syria's Idlib due to radical groups like Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.

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A Turkish military convoy drives on the M4 highway 14 kilometres southeast of Idlib city, northwestern Syria, March 21, 2020. — ABDULWAJED HAJ ESTEIFI/AFP via Getty Images

The coronavirus pandemic is dominating the news in Turkey today, steering public attention away from Idlib, Syria, where Ankara is increasingly caught between a rock and a hard place. 

The situation in the northwestern Syrian province continues to be volatile, despite the fragile cease-fire reached between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin in Moscow on March 5.

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