Ankara continues deployments to Syria's Idlib, sending an additional contingent of commandos and military vehicles to the war-torn country's conflict zone
Turkey's Vice President Fuat Oktay repeat warning that Ankara would use military power to push back Syrian regime forces if they did not withdraw from Idlib by the end of February.
But a Syrian regime offensive has disrupted Ankara and Moscow's fragile cooperation, after 13 Turkish soldiers were killed by Syrian attacks in the past two weeks. "If any harm comes to our soldiers in observation posts [in Idlib] or anywhere [in Syria], I declare from there that we will hit regime forces everywhere regardless of the Sochi deal," Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said this week.
"Turkey has fulfilled its responsibilities in Idlib. Some of our observation posts have now fallen into areas controlled by the regime," he said, referring to Turkey's military observation posts established in Idlib under the 2018 deal.Meanwhile, Ankara has continued its deployments to Syria's Idlib, sending a large contingent of commandos and military vehicles to the war-torn country's conflict zone.
Regime forces backed by Russia and Iran have recently made gains in their campaign to eliminate the last opposition bastion after the country's nine-year war.
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