The Turkish military fired on Syrian and Russian aircraft in Idlib
Turkish units shelled positions of the Syrian army and Russian Planes in the Idlib area, said the report " Russia 24 ".
Turkish units shelled positions of the Syrian army and Russian Planes in the Idlib area, said the report " Russia 24 ".
according to the channel, Ankara's actions were a response to the airstrike, in the end he lost the lives of at least two Turkish military. As reported in the print edition of Daily Sabah, two more soldiers were damaged health. Who exactly committed the attack, not reported.
"The Syrian military in the literal sense rescues aviation - private and Russian. Aircraft of the Syrian air force and the Russian space forces over and over again to stop the terrorists ", - stressed the chief of the Bureau of VGTRK in the middle East and North Africa Eugene Poddubny.
according to his statement, the Turkish forces and the militants are actively using MANPADS. Russian and Syrian aircraft used flares for protection against fire.
The epicenter of the fighting is near the villages of Najrab, Saan and Jubas.
before the Syrian state SANA Agency informed that the militants with the assistance of the Turkish army began an offensive in the area of Sarakibe in Idlib, which is in early February, released by the Syrian military. The terrorists used dozens of suicide bombers and a car bomb, the existing military units carry out intensive artillery fire.
Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan have said before, that until not received a satisfying result in the negotiations with Russia on Idlib and Ankara is ready to the beginning of hostilities in the region.
for its part, the head of the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar al-Assad has said that Damascus will continue the liberation of the provinces of Aleppo and Idlib, despite the reactions in Turkey.
Russia, Iran and Turkey in may 2017 in Astana (now Nur-Sultan) came to an agreement on the establishment of 4 areas of de-escalation in the Syrian Arab Republic. 3 of them in 2018 under the supervision of Damascus. The fourth area located in the district of Idlib and parts of neighboring provinces of Latakia, Hama and Aleppo, until not occupied by government troops, most of it from captured terrorists " dzhebhat an-Nusra." *
then, in September of 2018, Moscow and Ankara in the negotiations in Sochi adopted a conclusion about creating a demilitarized zone in Idlib, which houses more than a dozen different groups. The largest of them - Union of Pro-Turkish groups "national liberation front" and "Dzhebhat EN-Nusra" *, only about 30 thousand terrorists.
The Syrian army by the end of January this year launched an offensive in Idlib and Aleppo in connection with daily attacks by terrorists residential areas, the result of which took the life of dozens of civilians. For a month, Assad's troops managed to release more than 600 square kilometers, the largest city of Maaret al Nuuman and M5 (Damascus - Aleppo).
amid the escalation in Idlib Ankara and some partners blame Damascus and Moscow in attacks on humanitarian facilities and Turkish military.
in Russia and Syria has repeatedly stressed that the cause of instability in the region - the actions of the militants. So, Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said before that Turkey failed to fulfill several key commitments to address issues around the Syrian Idlib. For example, she didn't and the armed opposition that is ready to dialogue with the government during the political process from insurgents.
Vice-President of Turkey Fuat oktay believes that, taken on their own shoulders obligations of Idlib, the country has implemented.
*A terrorist organization banned in Russia.
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