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Moscow is now a major player in the region and its influence is inversely proportional to that of other strong players such as the US and the EU.

Unbridled Erdogan is becoming ever more aggressive despite President Trump’s admonition to him not to act as the tough guy and not to be “foolish”, a term normally inconceivable in diplamtic parlance.

Europe’s absence is also glaringly obvious in the latest Syria crisis and the chaos caused by the recent Turkish invasion.

Athens views Ankara’s increasingly hostile stance toward Cyprus, Greece, and Israel as an expression of Ankara deep consternation over the rapidly developing military, strategic alliance between those three countries.

“Η σταθερότητα στην Συρία θα αποτρέψει μία νέα ανθρωπιστική καταστροφή και βρίσκεται στο επίκεντρο της σημερινής συνάντησης με τον πρόεδρο Ερντογάν, τον πρόεδρο Πούτιν, και την καγκελάριο Μέρκελ,” έγραψε ο Γάλλος πρόεδρος στο Twitter.