Idlib

Jun- 2020 -

3 June

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First Russian Strikes in 3 Months Hit NW Syria: Monitor

Russian air strikes have hit Syria’s last major rebel bastion for the first time since a March ceasefire came into force, a war monitor said on Wednesday. The Russian strikes on Tuesday evening and at dawn on Wednesday hit an area of the northw

May- 2020 -

28 May

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Idlib

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Turkish Soldier Killed in Syria’s Idlib

One Turkish soldier was killed by a roadside bomb Wednesday while on patrol in Syria’s Idlib region, the defense ministry said. The soldier “succumbed to his injuries after being taken to hospital,” the ministry said. The private DH

Mar- 2020 -

13 March

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Turkey and Russia agree to start joint patrols in northwest Syria

Turkey and Russia agreed to start joint patrols in Syria's Idlib province at the weekend, Turkey's defense minister Hului Akar said

5 March

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Syria: Russia and Turkey agree to ceasefire in battered Idlib

Erdogan and Putin announce plans for a joint buffer zone to halt Syria's offensive against Idlib province, ceasefire to begin at midnight

3 March

Joanne Stocker

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Turkey shoots down 3rd Syrian warplane over Idlib, defense ministry says

Turkish fighters shot down a Syrian warplane over the northwest Idlib province, the third such downing in three days

2 March

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Syria’s regime re-enters key Idlib town ahead of Russia-Turkey talks

Syrian pro-regime troops re-entered the Idlib province town of Saraqeb amid a blitz of Turkish strikes against Bashar al-Assad's forces

Feb- 2020 -

28 February

Joanne Stocker

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NATO urges de-escalation in Syria after airstrike kills dozens of Turkish soldiers in Idlib

NATO called on Syria and Russia to return to a ceasefire in Idlib after an airstrike killed dozens of Turkish soldiers

27 February

Staff Writer

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Airstrike kills 3 Turkish soldiers in Syria’s Idlib offensive

Three Turkish soldiers were killed Thursday in an airstrike in Syria's Idlib province, where Ankara backs rebels against the Assad regime

24 February

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UN warns of ‘real bloodbath’ as northwest Syria fighting threatens displaced people

Fighting in northwest Syria is coming "dangerously close" to encampments with around a million displaced people, risking an imminent "bloodbath," the UN said

20 February