Turkish President Erdogan and his US counterpart Trump discuss developments in Syria's Idlib, bilateral ties, and regional issues in phone conversation – AA
Military vehicles of Turkish Armed Forces' pass through Reyhanli district of Turkey's Hatay as they are being deployed to Syria border as reinforcements, including howitzers, tanks, ammunition, armored construction machines and other military vehicles on February 17, 2020. Turkey on Friday said the positions of Bashar al Assad regime inside Syria's Idlib have now become legitimate targets, following a strike that killed 33 Turkish soldiers, widening anger in Ankara.
Altun added that in an environment where our country is under direct attack, he [Erdogan] said Turkey considers all elements of the regime "legitimate target", and that those targets will be under fire. "We call on Russia and the Syria regime to stop the attacks, to stop the indiscriminate air attacks ... we also call on Russia and Syria to fully respect the international law," Jens Stoltenberg told a news conference.
Moscow earlier said Turkish troops "were in the battle formations of terrorist groups" and that according to information provided by Turkey there were no Turkish troops in the area. Greece was the main gateway for hundreds of thousands of refugees streaming out of Turkey in a mass exodus in 2015 and 2016, until a deal brokered with the EU stemmed the flow.NATO condemns regime-Russia strikes, calls meeting
It is separate from the alliance's Article 5 mutual self-defence pact, which refers to an attack on any members' territory. The US state department on Wednesday slammed the justification by the Syrian regime and its allies for their ongoing campaign in Idlib, denying any sort of interest on their part in fighting terrorismThe United States and key Western allies demanded an immediate cease-fire in Idlib which is facing what the U.N. calls an “unfolding humanitarian catastrophe,” but Russia ignored their calls and said it will keep helping the government eliminate “terrorists” from Idlib.
said Turkish air and land forces responded with suppressive fire against all known Syrian regime targets."Today, we cannot and will not spectate as what happened in Rwanda, Bosnia and Herzegovina in the past is repeated in Idlib," Altun said.
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