Akar: Turkey strives for preventing attacks against people in Idlib

Akar: Turkey strives for preventing attacks against people in Idlib
Turkish Defence minister said on Thursday (August 30) while speaking at a ceremony at the Turkish General Staff headquarters in capital Ankara that Turkey strives for ensuring security, preventing attacks, giving aid to nearly 3.5-4 million people in Syria’s Idlib without violating the ceasefire, AA reported.

Akar and his Russian counterpart have discussed regional security and the latest developments in Syria over the phone on Thursday.

“We had constructive and positive exchange of views. We shared our views on various subjects, including Idlib,” Akar said.

Located near the Turkish border, Idlib in May was designated as a de-escalation zone where acts of aggression are expressly forbidden as part of the ongoing Astana process.

Nevertheless, for the past two months, the Idlib de-escalation zone has been the target of particular fierce airstrikes by Russia and Assad regime militias.

The Manbij roadmap in Syria is "moving forward", Hulusi Akar said. 

 Akar added: "Manbij roadmap is moving forward even if slowly. We constantly remind our counterparts about necessity of withdrawing YPG/PKK from region."

The Manbij deal between Turkey and the US focuses on the withdrawal of the PKK-affiliated YPG group from the city in order to stabilize the region.

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