Turkish and Russian defence ministers discuss measures to reduce tension in Syria's Idlib province as renewed wave of violence kills over 120 civilians
A barrel bomb dropped from a helicopter explodes in Karsaa, Idlib province, Syria May 7, 2019 in this still image taken from a video on May 9, 2019.
Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar and his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu discussed by phone developments in Idlib province, Turkey's defence ministry said on Tuesday. Assad's fight for last major holdoutHayat Tahrir al Sham , a former Al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, controls most of Idlib province as well as parts of neighbouring Aleppo, Hama and Latakia provinces.
At the White Helmets facility, an AFP correspondent saw a concrete roof had collapsed in on a bulldozer and other vehicles, and the ground was covered with rubble. HTS and its allies launched a counter-attack late Monday, bombing areas in the north of the province and sparking fierce clashes on the ground, according to the Observatory.Idlib's three million inhabitants are supposed to be protected by a September buffer zone deal signed by Russia and Turkey.
"Such violence is appalling. Hospitals are and must remain a place of sanctuary and unequivocal neutrality," he said.
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