Tehran 9 February _Turkey has further reinforced its troops in Syria’s Idlib province, ratcheting up fears of a large-scale confrontation with Syrian government forces, as officials from Turkey and Russia met in Ankara to discuss the fighting.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club(YJC)_Ankara sent hundreds of military vehicles on Saturday into Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, witnesses said, after Syrian government forces took control of a strategic town close to the provincial capital.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday that 430 Turkish military vehicles had crossed into Idlib in the last 24 hours.
The fresh Turkish deployment came as Turkish and Russian officials, whose countries support opposing sides in Syria’s nearly nine-year war, met in Ankara to discuss the fighting in the last major enclave of militants.
The two sides held three hours of apparently inconclusive talks, agreeing to meet again next week.
"The situation in Idlib was discussed," Turkey's foreign ministry said after the talks.
"Steps that could be taken to establish peace on the ground as soon as possible and advance the political process were evaluated," it said.
Your Comment