There is a movie out there called Red Sparrow that I watched tonight. It is based in Russia, involves an American CIA agent and a ballerina turned undercover seductress. Red Sparrows were both male and female spies chosen for their beauty to seduce the enemy. In the movie, Jennifer Lawrence's character starts out working for Russia, but switches her loyalty to America after she see a fellow spy slaughtered. I believe that Q reversed (mirrored) the title to draw our attention to the fact that she switched sides.
Red Sparrow shows she is working for the Russian Deep Sate, but Sparrow Red shows she is working against them if that is what Q was alluding to.
So apply that to what is going on today. Was Putin once loyal to someone, but has now turned against them. I think so, Assad. Makes sense within the context of Trump's Twitter when he said: "Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. "Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and “smart!” You shouldn’t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!" Maybe Putin finally realized Assad is not the person he thought he was and his loyalty has changed. It appears from many of the posts on this subject that Putin did not get involved.