Violence in Idlib has accelerated in recent months despite several ceasefire efforts, displacing nearly 1 million people.
Erdogan said two of Turkey's 12 observation posts, set up around a"de-escalation zone" in northwest Syria's Idlib region as part of a 2017 agreement with Russia and Iran, were now behind Syrian government front lines.
"We hope that the process of the regime pulling back behind our observation posts is completed in the month of February," he told members of his AK Party."If the regime does not pull back during this time, Turkey will have to do this job itself."Smoke plumes billowing from bombardment by the Syrian government forces and allies on the town of Sarmin, southeast of the city of Idlib on Feb. 4, 2020.
The violence in Idlib has accelerated in recent months despite several ceasefire efforts, including as recently as January, displacing hundreds of thousands of people. U.N. regional spokesman David Swanson said 520,000 people had been displaced since the beginning of December and the numbers could swell further.
Erdogan said nearly one million people were moving toward the Turkish border and Syrian territory under Turkish control."No one has the right to place such a weight on our shoulders," he said.
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