Kremlin Says Turkey Not Abiding By Idlib Deal

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Turkey is not abiding by its agreements with Russia to "neutralize" terrorists in the Syrian province of Idlib, stressing that attacks on Syrian and Russian forces are continuing in the region.

"Moscow is still committed to the agreements with Ankara," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov explained, adding, "Russia considers the attacks in Idlib to be unacceptable and contradict with Moscow's deal with Ankara."

Those remarks came after Turkish President Recep Tayyib Erdogan threatened that his country would strike Syrian army forces by air or ground anywhere in Syria if any Turkish soldier was hurt.

Erdogan threats represent an explicit reflection of his desire to violate Syrian sovereignty, in the context of his endless support for terrorist militias.

Turkey has strengthened its troop presence significantly on the Syrian border after the killing 7 of her soldiers and one civilian in Idlib on February 3, as 1,450 military vehicles have, so far, entered there.

The number of Turkish soldiers who were deployed in Idlib and Aleppo during the same period reached about 6 thousand soldiers.

According to “Bloomberg” agency, Ankara continued to send hundreds of tanks and armored personnel carriers, as well as special forces, to the Syrian province of Idlib, amid expectations of confrontations with the Syrian forces.