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Turkey Threatens Action on Syria as Russian-Backed Offensive Pushes Towards Border
Syrians fleeing the brutality of the Assad/Putin offensive in Idlib province.
While no fan of his, I can appreciate Erdogan's point. The Assad/Putin forces are bombing, shelling, or shooting everything that moves in Idlib province, driving another 1 million Syrian War refugees towards the Turkish border. Ankara already has ~3 million war refugees living within its borders. The three brutal regime's operating here in this small area each have their own agenda that do not mesh at all levels. Russia may yet regret selling Turkey their S-400 anti-air systems.
Syrians fleeing the brutality of the Assad/Putin offensive in Idlib province.
2/19/20
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday a Turkish military operation to push back a Syrian government offensive against rebel strongholds in northwest Syria was now "a matter of time" after talks with Russia failed to halt the assault. Turkish troops have already massed inside Syria ready to act and more were heading to the border area. The Kremlin, which backs Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, said a confrontation between Turkish and Syrian forces would be a "worst-case scenario" and Russia would keep working to prevent the situation from worsening. Syrian troops supported by Russian warplanes and special forces have been battling since December to eradicate the last rebel bastions in Idlib and Aleppo provinces in what could be one of the final chapters of the nine-year-old civil war. Nearly one million civilians have fled from airstrikes and artillery barrages towards the frontier, overwhelming relief agencies and alarming Turkey, which is struggling to cope with the 3.6 million Syrian refugees already camped inside its borders.
While no fan of his, I can appreciate Erdogan's point. The Assad/Putin forces are bombing, shelling, or shooting everything that moves in Idlib province, driving another 1 million Syrian War refugees towards the Turkish border. Ankara already has ~3 million war refugees living within its borders. The three brutal regime's operating here in this small area each have their own agenda that do not mesh at all levels. Russia may yet regret selling Turkey their S-400 anti-air systems.