Orhan expected that a possible Turkish-Russian compromise could lead to the establishment of a 30-km-deep safe zone in Idlib, including securing the region's main strategic highway.
This would determine the fate of up to 3 million refugees who have been trapped in the area and along the borders.
Turkey sees a new refugee wave as a threat to its security, as the nation is already hosting some 3.7 million Syrians since the start of the civil war in the neighboring country nine years ago.
On Sunday, the Turkish Defense Ministry said it had shot down two Syrian warplanes, adding over 2,200 Syrian soldiers have been killed or wounded in Turkey's onslaught.
But it is also time for a reality check for Turkey, argued Serkan Demirtas, a political analyst.
"Over 50 Turkish soldiers were killed in less than a month in the wrestling between Ankara and Moscow," he told Xinhua.
The policymakers in Ankara somewhat "miscalculated" the situation on the ground, laboring under the impression that Turkey's massive military deployment in Idlib in recent weeks would deter the Russian alliance, Demirtas said.
"This region can no longer handle another conflict," the Turkish analyst noted, urging Moscow and Ankara to bridge their differences through diplomacy and compromise.
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