The only thing Russia really brings to the table in Syria is airpower and air defense (and maybe ISR). It remains to be seen if Russia is willing to mix it up with Turkey in either of these areas.
“Assad is backed by Russia”
I guess that is going to screw up Erdogan’s use of Russia to play off against the USA, buying their air defense systems and such.
Looks like Erdogan is getting himself into quite a mess.
Oh by the way, what’s for lunch?