TURKEY sent troops into Syria’s Idlib province yesterday with apparent backing from Damascus’s allies Russia and Iran.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the cross-border troop deployment — in conjunction with so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) factions — on Saturday.

He said the move was agreed with Russia and Iran at the last round of talks in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana, though there was no immediate confirmation from either country — or from Syria.