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500,000 flee Syrian regime's deadly offensive in Idlib
Source: The Guardian and agencies
500,000 flee Syrian regime's deadly offensive in Idlib
Turkey intervenes, raising tensions, after weeks of aerial bombardment of rebel territory
Bethan McKernan and agencies
Wed 5 Feb 2020 11.51 GMT
First published on Tue 4 Feb 2020 22.53 GMT
More than half a million people have been displaced in Syria’s last rebel stronghold by a deadly regime offensive that has led Turkey to intervene in the fighting and has raised tensions between Damascus, Ankara and Moscow.
Weeks of intensive aerial bombardment by the forces of Bashar al-Assad and his Russian allies and a bruising ground offensive have emptied entire towns in north-west Idlib province and sent huge numbers of civilians fleeing north towards the Turkish border.
On Monday a rare exchange of fire between newly deployed Turkish troops and Assad’s forces killed eight Turkish military personnel and at least 13 Syrian troops, the most significant clash between the two sides in the nine-year-old conflict.
On Wednesday the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said that if Syrian government forces did not pull back to an earlier ceasefire line by the end of the month, Turkey would take further military action.
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Turkey intervenes, raising tensions, after weeks of aerial bombardment of rebel territory
Bethan McKernan and agencies
Wed 5 Feb 2020 11.51 GMT
First published on Tue 4 Feb 2020 22.53 GMT
More than half a million people have been displaced in Syria’s last rebel stronghold by a deadly regime offensive that has led Turkey to intervene in the fighting and has raised tensions between Damascus, Ankara and Moscow.
Weeks of intensive aerial bombardment by the forces of Bashar al-Assad and his Russian allies and a bruising ground offensive have emptied entire towns in north-west Idlib province and sent huge numbers of civilians fleeing north towards the Turkish border.
On Monday a rare exchange of fire between newly deployed Turkish troops and Assad’s forces killed eight Turkish military personnel and at least 13 Syrian troops, the most significant clash between the two sides in the nine-year-old conflict.
On Wednesday the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said that if Syrian government forces did not pull back to an earlier ceasefire line by the end of the month, Turkey would take further military action.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/04/syria-half-a-million-displaced-in-idlib-says-un-body
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