The actual evidence is not even discussed by Western corporate media. It's all dismissed as "Russia claims…" Yet not only Sultan Erdogan has been systematically unmasked as a serial liar; the accumulating evidence points to Ankara both as an indirect ally and shady sponsor of the fake "Caliphate".This independent Brazilian journalist provides a closer view of what has been recently happening in Syria and Iraq and the complicated geopolitical games the various players are engaged in. His take on Russian power in the area is much more positive than what "The Saker" has reported.
Whatever the Atlanticists can come up with to "excuse" the Erdogan system, at least the devastating PR debacle for the "democratic West" is now a fact of life all across the Global South.
At the same time an elaborate shadow play is in progress.
Other good articles from independent sources trying to understand what is happening in this area are this, this, and this.