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Turkey Deploys Special Forces to Observation Posts in Idlib - Reports

© AFP 2023 / OMAR HAJ KADOURA Turkish military convoy of tanks and armoured vehicles passes through the town of Binnish reportedly heading toward the city of Idlib in Syria’s northwestern province of the same name, on February 7, 2020
A Turkish military convoy of tanks and armoured vehicles passes through the town of Binnish reportedly heading toward the city of Idlib in Syria’s northwestern province of the same name, on February 7, 2020 - Sputnik International
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Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that agreements relating to Syria’s Idlib and the area east of the Euphrates did not work.

Turkey is moving its special forces to observation posts in the Idlib de-escalation zone, the Anadolu media outlet reported.

"A convoy of 150 trucks with special forces, military equipment and ammunition reached the Syrian border of the southern Turkish province of Hatay, from where it will proceed to Syria," according to Anadolu.

Earlier, five Turkish soldiers and three civilians were killed in the province following Syrian army airstrikes, according to Ankara.

On 5 February, Russian president Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed via telephone the recent attack on the Turkish military in Idlib province.

According to the Turkish president, the attack on Turkish servicemen, "who had been deployed to the region to prevent conflicts in Idlib", jeopardised the joint effort to maintain peace in Syria.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to put pressure on Syrian President Bashar Assad, in order to put an end to the Syrian armed forces’ offensive in Idlib, where a buffer zone agreed upon by Ankara and Moscow is located.

Turkey, alongside Russia and Iran, is a guarantor of the Syrian ceasefire. In 2017, the sides agreed to set up de-escalation zones to decrease hostilities in the Middle Eastern country.

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