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Turkey’s President Erdogan is not afraid of a confrontation in Syria.
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Turkey supports the rebels in Idlib.
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Erdogan suffered the loss of five Turkish soldiers on Monday.
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As a result of the civil war that broke out in 2011, 3.6 million Syrians have fled to Turkey.
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In Syria, Russia and Turkey are heading for an open confrontation. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, 65, threatened on Tuesday that Russian-backed Syrian troops would pay a high price for attacks on his country’s soldiers.
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The government in Moscow, on the other hand, demanded that all attacks on Russian and Syrian forces in the rebel province of Idlib be stopped. The Syrian military said it would respond to Turkish attacks.
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United Nations warn of wave of refugees
The Russian news agency TASS reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin (67) wanted to call Erdogan on Tuesday. The UN warned of the surge in the wave of refugees in Idlib in northwestern Syria in the face of the fighting.
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On Tuesday, Syrian troops took control of the strategically important M5 trunk road between Aleppo and Damascus. This has been dominated by rebels since 2012.
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Rebels supported by Turkey then launched a counterattack and advanced to the city of Nairab. A representative of the Turkish military said the rebels launched a “full-blown attack” on an M5 hub.
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Syrian troops killed five Turkish soldiers
The situation worsened on Monday after five Turkish soldiers were killed in an attack by Syrian troops. In addition, Turkish-Russian talks to end the fighting ended without concrete results. Erdogan announced that he would present a plan for Idlib on Wednesday.
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The development will undo the ceasefire agreed by Russia and Turkey. Turkey supports rebels in Idlib, while Russia and Iran are at the side of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s troops.
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“The fastest growing displacement”
As a result of the civil war that broke out in 2011, 3.6 million Syrians have fled to Turkey. According to Erdogan, his country cannot accept any more people. However, more people have been displaced in the past ten weeks than ever before.
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“This is the fastest growing displacement that we have ever seen in this country,” said Jens Laerke from the United Nations aid organization Okha. Almost 700,000 people, mainly women and children, have fled since December. If fighting continues in the areas around Idlib and Aleppo, another 280,000 people could follow. (SDA / kin)
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