Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has confirmed his country’s intention to carry out a military operation in Syria similar to the operation Euphrates Shield to counter the expansion of the Democratic Union Party and other organizations.
Anadoul Agency quoted Erdogan as saying. “the separatist groups on the other side of the borders has always been trying to form an independent entity with the support of international parties trying to encircle Ankara through the PKK organization Which is constantly changing its name, which has not been achieved, ” and he stressed the need to put an end to the massacres against civilians in Syria.
The Turkish military sources talked yesterday about additional reinforcements headed towards Syrian territory in the framework of strengthening the military units deployed on the Syrian-turkish border consisting of five canons loaded on board six trucks, which arrived near Afrin area in the northern Aleppo countryside.
Russian Foreign Ministry: We seek to declare an area to stop the escalation in Idlib
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday that talks were continuing to reach a declaration of the province of Idlib as a region to reduce the escalation in the north of Syria.
In an interview with the Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov on Sunday, on the sidelines of the Asian summit in Manila, quoted by “Russia Today,” Lavrov said: “The work is now continuing on the declaration of a zone to stop the escalation including Idlib, with what it contains of complications.”
“If all of us -Russia, Turkey, Iran and the United States – make efforts to influence the warring parties on the ground, then we will reach proposals that will satisfy everyone and lead to a ceasefire.”
Washington: We did not accuse Ankara of indulging the Sham Liberation Organization in Idlib
A senior official in the White House refused to accuse Ankara of allowing Sham Liberation Organization (HTS) to expand in Idlib province recently. Considering turkey as a key partner in the fight against terrorism.
“Washington does not blame Turkey for increasing the influence of the Sham Liberation Organization in the province of Idlib and has not hinted at any Turkish indulgence in this area, and the best proof of this is the presence of its forces inside the Syrian territory to fight terrorism,” “Daily Sabah” quoted a US official who declined to be named.
This comes after an earlier statement of the Special Envoy of the US President in the International Coalition “Brett McFork”.” Ankara facilitate the passage of hundreds of fighters and weapons into Syrian territory across the border between Syria and Turkey to join the terrorist organizations”
- Sadr ordered the withdrawal of signs that attack Saudi Arabia from the streets of Baghdad
Shia Sadr’s leader, Muqtada al-Sadr, called on his followers to withdraw all signs containing slogans against Saudi Arabia from the streets of Baghdad.
A recent rapprochement between the leader of the Sadrist movement and Saudi Arabia was reflected in this decision and included another demand to dissolve “hashed militia” and integrate the disciplined members into the armed forces and withdraw the weapons from its members and hand them over to the Iraqi state.
The official office of the prominent leader al-Sadr described the visit as a success by all standards.
Qasim al-Khatib, a member of the General Secretariat of the Syrian al-Ghad movement, said that Idlib might be the fourth region to reduce the escalation and cease fire in Syria.
In an interview with “Khatib” member of the secretariat in the al-Ghad movement with the agency Sputnik Russian, said: “I think that the next step will be a truce in Idlib. And we will try as much as possible and in cooperation with the Egyptian and Russian efforts to make Idlib is the next truce agreement after northern Homs”.
Al-Khatib predicted that the head of the Syrian “Al-Ghad” movement Ahmad Al-Jarba would visit the Russian capital soon. “The majority of the keys to the Syrian issue are in Moscow. Although Moscow’s position from the beginning was not neutral and biased to the regime, but our agremments the Russian side contributed neutralizing Iran’s rule.
It is noteworthy that the province of Idlib is experiencing a state of tension under the US threats of military action in the region despite the relative calm that returned to the province due to the cessation of aerial bombardment after Astana agreement last may.
Syrian Press Center – Mariam Ahmed.
