Alpha Dog Putin Shows Meeker Side With Erdogan
A Turkish military convoy passes through the Syrian town of Dana on Feb. 2.
Photographer: Aaref Watad/AFP
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Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan are used to getting their own way. Neither tolerates dissent. Yet one of them had to give way when Russian and Turkish interests clashed over Syria this week.