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In the Syrian region of Idlib, the situation is getting worse for people. Turkey has therefore announced itself in Moscow on Monday.
- The civil war has been raging for nine years Syria,
- The followers of rulers Bashar al-Assad get more and more headwaters.
- Meanwhile, the tensions between the Turkey and Russia.
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Update, February 17, 2020, 9:00 a.m .: After the escalation of the situation in Syria, US President Donald Trump now intervenes. He supports Turkey’s request that Russia should no longer support the Syrian regime under Bashar al-Assad. In a phone call to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, he expressed his “concern about violence” in Idlib, the White House said on Sunday. Most recently, Turkey had said that “it would know no borders,” there should be further attacks on Turkish soldiers.
With Russian support, the Syrian army is advancing against the rebels dominated by jihadist militias in the Idlib province. Syrian ruler Assad is determined to regain control of the region. Turkey, on the other hand, supports the rebels.
In the meantime, Syrian government troops have conquered several cities and villages in the west of Aleppo province. The armed opposition in Syria is thus restricted to an ever smaller area in the nearby province of Idlib, such as the “daily News“Reports.
Syria: Assad threat – “Turkey will know no borders”
First registration from 02.15.2020, 04.05 p.m .: The Turkey has the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Government forces in the contested province should face retaliation Idlib continue to attack the Turkish army. “The regime needs to know that: The Turkey* will not know any borders there should such attacks continue on our troops, ”said Vice President Fuat Oktay on Saturday on Turkish television. This message was also given to the Russians. While Ankara supports Islamist rebels in the region in Syria, Moscow is at the side of the Syrian ruler Assad in the conflict.
A Syrian fighter crosses the village of Miznaz, which lies in the foothills of Aleppo.
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Nevertheless, Turkey and Russia* Discuss the critical situation in the contested Syrian province of Idlib in Moscow early next week. “Our delegation will travel to Moscow on Monday,” said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Cavusoglu on Saturday on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. A Russian delegation had previously been to Ankara. If the diplomatic efforts are not fruitful, Ankara is also prepared to take the necessary measures. Attacks by Syrian troops are unacceptable.
Syria: Conflict between Turkey and Russia is coming to a head
Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, however, called on Russia to end the fighting in the Idlib province. “We are very concerned that there will be a humanitarian catastrophe if the struggles that exist do not end,” he said in Munich after meeting with Cavusoglu and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Moscow had to use its influence on the Syrian government to end the fighting. “Otherwise, we expect even more people to leave the region. This is something that nobody can be interested in. “
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Maas recently called the situation in Syrian Idlib a “humanitarian catastrophe” and called it Turkeywhose president Erdogan* and Russia as co-responsible. He spoke to the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” Syria*: “This triggers anger and anger in me. These attacks must end. There was a Turkish-Russian de-escalation agreement there. Unfortunately, we are currently experiencing the opposite. “
Syria: EU countries alarmed
After a meeting of the UN Security Council, several EU countries had already sharply criticized the situation in Idlib on Friday. Germany, France, Poland, Estonia and Belgium said in New York that they were “deeply alarmed” because of the escalating conflict.
Syrian fighters with Turkish support are walking through a village on the Aleppo border.
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The government troops of Syria had recently continued their advance to the last major rebel stronghold in Idlib and again achieved an important strategic success. President Bashar al-Assad’s supporters conquered parts of the M5 expressway near the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. This brought the central Syrian traffic axis back under control – for the first time in around eight years. The route connects the capital Damascus and Aleppo, the two most important cities in Syria. It is considered one of the main supply arteries in the civil war country.
Marvin Ziegele with dpa
*fr.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
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