Syria President Bashar al-Assad wants a ceasefire despite Turkish calls continue the offensive on the last major rebel stronghold Idlib, “This is the prelude to their final defeat,” said Assad in a speech broadcast on state television. His army is going to “terror” and all of Syria
Free “enemies”; the fight would continue “regardless of the empty phrases from the north”. Assad apparently alluded to Turkish threats of retaliation.
The Syrian army leadership announced further land gains.
According to her own statements, she took dozens of places west of the city
Aleppo and now controls most of the Idlib
adjacent province of Aleppo. Rescue workers reported air strikes
two clinics have been hit and are now out of service. A speaker
the rescue organization made white helmets for the bombings
Syria’s allies responsible for Russia. Information from Syria is difficult to check independently.
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator
Mark Lowcock said that Crisis in northwest Syria
“appalling new level“achieved. People were traumatized and forced to
freezing temperatures to sleep outside because the camps are full.
Babies and small children have died because of the cold. The violence hits indiscriminately also health facilities,
Schools, residential areas and markets, Throw opponents of government
Syria and Russia before, targeted vital infrastructure
attack to make people give up.
Talks about ceasefire
Turkish government officials pressed for talks with Russian officials
Government officials in Moscow stop fighting. US President Donald Trump also called on the Russian government to exercise more restraint in Syria: Russia should support “for the regime’s atrocities”
the White House demanded. So far, negotiations about a ceasefire have been unsuccessful. she
are now to be continued on Tuesday.
Turkey supports certain rebel groups in Idlib and has soldiers in Syria. She accused the Syrian government of
Syrian territory shelled their military and several Turkish soldiers
to have killed. Therefore, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip threatened Erdoğan with retribution.
Assad’s troops, on the other hand, are supported by the Russian Air Force and Iranian militias. They started their offensive on the Idlib region last year and are continuing their attacks despite a ceasefire agreed in January continued. Damascus and Moscow argue that they are fighting terrorists. In fact, the area is ruled by the Haiat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militia group close to Al Qaeda, but more moderate government opponents are also fighting there. But Syria’s leadership generally describes all rebels as terrorists.