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Turkey deploys Leopard tanks in Syria
Damascus and Ankara have both been amassing forces in Idlib, deploying reserves on the front line in the northwestern part of Syria. Heightened deployment activity was noted on February 22.
For the first time, the reinforcements dispatched by Ankara to the front line have included Leopard 2A4 battle tanks, the primary strike force of Turkey’s infantry. All of the battle tanks in this family are in the active army, which indicates their prominence in the Turkish Armed Forces.
According to the …
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Kremlin: Putin has no plans to meet with Erdogan for Syria talks
The Kremlin’s press service said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has no plans to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss the situation in Syria's Idlib province, despite the Turkish leader's claims that such a meeting is likely.
Turkey's president said earlier that he is likely to meet Putin in Istanbul for talks on Idlib next week.
"At the moment, there is no such a meeting in President Putin's schedule for March 5. President Putin has other working …
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Chinese media: Russian S-300 air defense systems are useless in Syria
After missed Israeli strike on the Syrian capital, China called the Russian S-300 "Favorit" air defense missile system the most useless air defense system in the world. According to the Chinese newspaper Sina, contrary to Russia's statement that the S-300 can track even "stealth" fighters, for a year and a half S-300s have been beaten by Israel so much that these systems should not be trusted at all.
"Syria stated that after several Israeli missile strikes, Russian S-300, S-200, SA11 and …
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Russian airstrikes did not help Syrian army to retake Nayrab from Turkish forces
The many airstrikes carried out by the Russian Aerospace Forces have not helped the Syrian government forces to regain control over the village of Nayrab in the Idlib province after fierce fighting with the pro-Turkish armed opposition, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports.
According to the organization, on February 24, the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out their first airstrikes against Nayrab in northern Syria, south-east of Aleppo, several hours after opposition forces …
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Erdogan wants to meet with Putin for Syria talks no later than March 5
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the situation in Syria no later than March 5, Anadolu agency reports, citing Erdogan.
"We agreed to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at worst on March 5," Erdogan said. According to him, the meeting can take place either in Istanbul or in Ankara. The presidents will continue to discuss the road map on Syria's Idlib.
In addition, Erdogan said that on February 26, a Russian delegation …
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Russian warplanes strike Turkish army checkpoint in Idlib
A Turkish army checkpoint was attacked near the village of Kansafra in the southern province of Idlib. Syrian news agency SANA reported, citing The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), that the strike was carried out by the Russian and Syrian air forces.
According to the SOHR, ten people were killed and wounded in the attack and severalTurkish vehicles were destroyed. Russian news agency RIA Novosti reports, citing their source, about 13 dead servicemen.
According to Syrian media, the …
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Israel attacks Islamic Jihad positions in Syria, killing two militants
Two members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group were killed in an overnight Israeli air strike in Damascus, the group itself said on Monday.
Israeli fighter jets carried out air strikes on suspected Islamic Jihad positions in Syria shortly before midnight on Sunday after clashes between the militant group and Israeli forces in Gaza earlier in the day.
The strikes on the outskirts of Damascus targeted the "Islamic Jihad activity center in Syria," as the Israeli military described it. The …
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Turkey deploys TRG-300 Tiger systems on Syrian border: All Idlib within range
The Turkish press keeps publishing articles about the weapons that Ankara is sending to Syria or the Syrian border, weapons which will enable it to effectively support the Syrian opposition forces.
Turkish journalists reported recently that the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces have decided to deploy a Roketsan TRG-300 Tiger multipurpose missile system. The system can destroy targets up to 120 km away, which means that from the Turkish-Syrian border, the entire Idlib province, …
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Russian media: Turkey is ready to close Bosphorus to Russian warships
Turkey may soon close the Bosphorus to Russian warships in an attempt to weaken the advance of Bashar al-Assad's army in Idlib and Aleppo, which is largely dependent on Russia's large-scale which provides air power and weapons to Assad’s Army, reports the Russian news outlet Novaya Gazeta.
Such actions, the newspaper suggests, will allow pro-Turkish military units in Syria to buy time to redeploy their own forces.
Russian Military expert Sergey Ishchenko warned of possible Ankara's decision …
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After talks with Putin, Erdogan promises more decisive steps in Syria
Turkey will take more decisive steps in Syria, stated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
"Fighting is not easy for us, people are dying. We will take more decisive steps," he said, speaking in the city of Izmir. At the same time, Erdogan did not say what measures would be taken, but noted that Ankara "will not submit to the scenarios imposed by global powers."
According to the Turkish leader, he recently held telephone talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, after which a roadmap on …
