Yep, what the article doesn't specifically mention is that the reduction of terrorist in the area is helping the Kurds control and eliminate cross border arms supplies to the ISIS terrorists.
The Kurds have been begging for US help while Obama shines 'em on and allows the Turks to bomb the crap outta them.
No more, with the Russians there backed by the S-400, so the Kurds supply the Russians with intel and they themselves, intend to close the border crossing completely to arms and ISIS infiltrators no matter which way they intend to go (France take note).
Obama's plan is hitting snags that only WWIII will smooth out.
The saddest thing is, WWIII doesn’t absolutely have to happen, in principle even Muslims have a choice, but if it does, it is going to look a lot like “Stuffing the Jihadist genie back into its bottle.”
However we also need to deal with those who had been coaxing it out.
I don’t think Turkey will be conducting anymore bombing raids into Syria. The Kurds can sleep peacefully now.