This morning, Bloomberg quoted sources that Turkey pleaded with its NATO allies to provide support after the rebels who Ankara supports in Syria were almost defeated.
The report said that Ankara asked Washington to deploy two Patriot missile batteries on the Syrian border in order to deter Russian air strikes and to support the attack on Idlib, the last stronghold of the rebels in Syria. And it was ready to accept similar support from European allies.
In the same context, “Al-Arabiya” News Network also quoted sources as saying that Turkey asked Washington to provide intelligence information for the sites of the Russian regime and army, via satellites and planes, with the aim of avoiding Russian aircrafts during the battles between the Turkish and Syrian armies at Idlib.
However, Washington rejected these demands because their fulfillment would enter the American forces in a direct confrontation with Russia.
Meanwhile in Moscow, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Alexander Grushko, praised the effectiveness of the "conflict resolution mechanisms" between his country's forces and the United States in Syria, and said, "There is a clear understanding about the operations carried out by the two parties in each region, and the talk is actually about coordination between them."
On the other hand, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reiterated that the Turkish regime had not fulfilled its obligations regarding the Sochi Agreement on Idlib, noting that the terrorists deployed in the province are getting very dangerous military equipment.
On the ground, the Syrian army continued its violent attack on the strongholds and forts of the "Al-Nusra Front" in Jabal al-Zawiya, south of Idlib, in an effort to liberate the region from the grip of armed militias backed by Ankara.
The Russian aircraft also carried out air strikes targeting the vicinity of the gathering of "Turkish forces" stationed in Al-Mastouma camp, south of Idlib.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the Syrian army has brought in massive reinforcements, while Turkey has continued to send its military reinforcements to Idlib.
A Turkish military convoy of 10 vehicles was monitored heading towards the Turkish observation post in the town of Ishtarbak in the western Idlib countryside.
This brings the number of trucks and military vehicles that arrived from Turkey during February to more than 2,700, while the number of Turkish soldiers deployed in Idlib and Aleppo during that period reached more than 7,400 soldiers Turkish.
Last Thursday, two Turkish soldiers were killed after a Russian airstrike in Idlib, and a Turkish soldier was killed yesterday in an attack in Idlib. This brings to 17 the number of Turkish soldiers killed in northwestern Syria since the beginning of the month.
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