AFP
Ankara
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the Syrian regime of "seeking to sabotage” Ankara’s relationship with Russia through its latest offensive in the northwest of the war-torn country.
Idlib’s three million inhabitants are supposed to be protected by a buffer zone deal signed last September by Russia and Turkey.
Erdogan told his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, during a phone call late on Monday that the offensive by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces "sought to sabotage Turkish-Russian cooperation,” according to Fahrettin Altun, communications director at the Turkish presidency, on Twitter.
Erdogan lamented that "the regime’s ceasefire violations targeting the Idlib de-escalation zone over the last two weeks have reached an alarming dimension.”
He said it was impossible to explain it as a counter-terror effort given the number of casualties and damage to health services. The Turkish leader also warned that the attacks risked undermining the fate of the political process in Syria.
Ankara
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the Syrian regime of "seeking to sabotage” Ankara’s relationship with Russia through its latest offensive in the northwest of the war-torn country.
Idlib’s three million inhabitants are supposed to be protected by a buffer zone deal signed last September by Russia and Turkey.
Erdogan told his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, during a phone call late on Monday that the offensive by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces "sought to sabotage Turkish-Russian cooperation,” according to Fahrettin Altun, communications director at the Turkish presidency, on Twitter.
Erdogan lamented that "the regime’s ceasefire violations targeting the Idlib de-escalation zone over the last two weeks have reached an alarming dimension.”
He said it was impossible to explain it as a counter-terror effort given the number of casualties and damage to health services. The Turkish leader also warned that the attacks risked undermining the fate of the political process in Syria.