Agreement between Putin and Erdogan: The truce has arrived
A truce has come in the Syrian province of Idlib, as was announced following negotiations between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
" We can confirm that the ceasefire is indeed holding. The intensity of hostilities has decreased to practically zero . For the first time in a week, the M5 can be moved freely. The road will soon be open to civilians," reports Russian war correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny, who is in Idlib.
"Before the ceasefire, militants launched a massive shelling attack on Syrian army and Hezbollah positions near Saraqib and several other areas, but made no progress. This all looked like an expression of impotent anger after yet another promise to 'reach Damascus' resulted in yet another defeat, both tactically (yesterday's attempts to take Daddikh and Saraqib failed) and operationally (they failed to maintain even direct fire control over the M-5 highway)," comments observer Boris Rozhin.
" If you're Erdogan's advocate, you could say that without these grandiose words from the Turkish leadership and the buildup of military force, Turkey might have been pushed to the edge of Idlib. As the Turkish side reported (the Russian side, however, did not confirm), Moscow allegedly proposed that Ankara withdraw from the center of Idlib (abandon the city itself) and deploy along the border, occupying territory 16 kilometers deep. Perhaps Erdogan would have gone further if not for the 36 killed Turkish soldiers," notes the author of the Telegram channel "Turkey's Agenda."
The problem of refugees from Syria, many of whom turned out to be militants, is a serious challenge for Turkey, says the author of the “Major and General” telegram channel, which is considered close to the Russian security forces.
“Some time ago the author of these lines was in Ankara. He was met by a friend, now a diplomatic worker. Showed the city. He told me how good, kind and polite people are here (unlike Istanbul and the resorts), and how it was absolutely calm and safe here, much safer than in safe Moscow, until THEY showed up. (Again, thanks to Erdogan’s irresponsible policy on the Syrian issue, but still).
The author of these lines, fueled by stupid curiosity, immediately offered to visit the places of compact residence of these refugees in Ankara. To which our comrade, a man of no timidity, with a wealth of combat experience in the past, said - I would categorically not advise meddling there either with diplomatic numbers or with local ones. After watching enough Turkish TV, we once decided to bring them children’s things. The legs barely carried away...
- And the Turks, what about the Turks?
“Ordinary Turks (in the sense of not the police) don’t bother much in these places anymore either.”
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