(Ankara Comprehensive Electric) Turkish President Erdogan and Russian President Putin will meet in Moscow on Thursday to discuss the increasingly serious military conflict of Turkey's border.
Erdogan said yesterday in Ankara, the capital, and said that he hoped that the two sides would discuss a Syrian ceasefire plan at that time.
Turkish Defense Minister Akal announced the day before yesterday that the Turkish army was launching a military operation code -named Spring Shield in Idlib Province, Syria to respond to the attack on the major casualties of the Turkish army on February 27.
Akal said at Hatiey, the province of Turkish Syrian border that day that the operation was intended to implement self -defense and eliminated the Syrian government forces in the region.Armored troops, 72 artillery, 3 air defense systems, 15 anti -tank mortar, 56 armored vehicles and 9 ammunition libraries.
Akal also said that Turkey does not intend to confront Russia, hoping that Russia can stop the Syrian government's actions in Idlib.Turkey hopes to achieve long -term ceasefire and stability in Syria, but vowed to retaliate against any behavior of attacking the Turkish army and observation points in Idlib.
Since December last year, the Syrian government forces, with Russia's military support, are fighting against the Syrian opposition armed forces with Turkey supported by Idlib.On February 27, the Turkish Army was hit by the Syrian government in Idlib, and the casualties were serious.The Turkish government subsequently decided to crack down on the Syrian government forces.
According to the Syrian news agency reported on March 1, the Turkish army shot down two Syrian government military fighters on Idlib that day. In addition, it also launched missiles to Syrian military targets in Jamietzhra, Aleppo, northern Syria.It is reported that the Syrian government forces have shot down 6 Turkish drones in the local area.
According to a report by the Russian satellite network on the 2nd, the Syrian military issued a statement on March 1 that it announced the closure of the country's northwestern region, especially Idlib province.The Russian conflict of the Syrian conflict center, the head of the Syrian conflict, said at a press conference that after the Syrian government closed the Idlib airspace, Russia could not guarantee the flight safety of the Turkish Air Force in Syria.
Rulav Loif said: The Syrian government was forced to announce the closure of the airspace due to the sharp deterioration of the air in the air in Idlib.In this case, the Russian Command cannot ensure the safety of the Turkish Air Force in Syria.
Idlib is the last main site controlled by Syrian opposition armed forces and extremist organizations in Syria.In September 2018, the leaders of the Russia and the Turkish countries agreed to set up a non -military zone in Idlib to promote the ceasefire in the Syrian government forces and the opposition forces. Turkey set up 12 observation points in Idlib as a supervision in the name of supervising the ceasefire.However, the situation in this area continues to be turbulent.Between the Turkish Russia, the Syrian opposition, and the government forces have always pointed out each other's violation of the ceasefire agreement.
