Middle East. End of the Turkish military operation in Syria: a rapprochement soon?

Neighbors who could soon resume dialogue. Since the beginning of July, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been giving repeated signs that his country is moving toward reconciliation with Syria. First, he indicated a little over two weeks ago that he could invite his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad “at any time.” Then, on July 12, he announced the imminent end of the “claw-bolt” military operation, launched in 2022 in northern Syria and Iraq against the Kurdish forces of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party), considered a terrorist organization by Ankara.

This is the same conservative president who, at the beginning…