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Trump, Turkey call for Russia to stop backing Syrian ‘atrocities’

Published : Tuesday, 18 February, 2020 at 12:00 AM  Count : 444

Vehicles carrying internally-displaced persons (IDPs) and their belongings drive past the IDP camp by Dayr Ballut near the Turkish border in the west of the northern Syrian province of Aleppo on February 17, as people flee advancing government forces in Idlib and Aleppo provinces.	photo : AFP

Vehicles carrying internally-displaced persons (IDPs) and their belongings drive past the IDP camp by Dayr Ballut near the Turkish border in the west of the northern Syrian province of Aleppo on February 17, as people flee advancing government forces in Idlib and Aleppo provinces. photo : AFP

WASHINGTON, Feb 17: President Donald Trump has called for Russia to end its support for the Syrian regime's "atrocities" as he expressed US concern over violence in the Idlib region, the White House said on Sunday.
Turkey's foreign minister also pressed his Russian counterpart over the attacks by Damascus on the last rebel-held bastion in the country. Backed by Russian air power, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made fresh gains Sunday as he intensified his assault on the holdout northwestern province of Idlib.
In a call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Trump "expressed concern over the violence in Idlib, Syria and... conveyed the United States' desire to see an end to Russia's support for the Assad regime's atrocities."
Turkey has 12 observation posts in Idlib as part of a 2018 deal reached between Ankara and Moscow to prevent a regime offensive, but Syrian regime forces have pressed ahead regardless.
Four of the Turkish posts are believed to be encircled by Syrian forces, and Ankara has threatened to attack Damascus if they do not retreat by the end of February.
"I stressed that the attacks in Idlib must stop and it was necessary to establish a lasting ceasefire that would not be violated," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told journalists at the Munich Security Conference, after he met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.    -AFP










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