Nasser Kandil wrote: Ankara is searching for a role

After the failure in imposing a military role through the Syrian and the Iraqi gates, Turkey tries to make a political role.
Turkey tried tomake a progress towardthe city of Al Bab and to confine Aleppo, but it was faced with the deterrent position of Syria which was reflected by confronting its ground troops, its aerial weapons, and its readiness to go further in the confrontation.
With the support of Russia, Syria continues its war in the eastern of Aleppo, where the groups which were traditionally represent the Turkish expansion in the Syrian geography collapse.
In Iraq the Turks failed in legalizing their military presence through the Iraqi government and Peshmerga and through the international coalition led by Washington, so they become without a cover.
The Turks tried to grab a role through the escalation in Iraq by threatening the popular crowd in order to prevent it from the progress towardTal Afar, but it made a progress without caring about the threats.
The Turks were obliged to promise Russia not to temper militarily in Syria, and the international uncovering obliged them to stop tempering in Iraq.
The Turks sought to barter their commitmentnot to progress toward Al Bab with a demand of sponsoring a Russian meeting with the opposition groups under the slogan of searching for a solution for the situation in Aleppo.
The Turks know that the maximum possible is to get the sponsoring of the surrender of the militants of Aleppo.