Turkey claims backing for Idlib invasion
Troops deployed alongside FSA, says Erdogan
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.
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