TEHRAN
(FNA)- The Turkish prime minister commented on coordinating actions with
Moscow in the wake of the Turkish President’s announcement of his
country’s launching a military operation in Syria’s Idlib, currently
under the control of the al-Nusra Front terrorist group.
"We
will ensure security in Idlib, and we are working with Russia on this
issue," Yildirim said, as quoted by the NTV broadcaster.
On Saturday, Turkish President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan announced plans to deploy the country's soldiers
to Syria's Idlib, where the Free Syrian Army backed by Ankara have
launched an operation.
He also said that Russia has agreed to provide air
support to the operation, however, there has been no official comment
by the Russian Defense Ministry yet supporting the claim.
Nevertheless, Russian Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov said earlier this week that Russia is ready to support
armed groups fighting al-Nusra Front in Syria's Idlib de-escalation
zone.
Currently, Idlib is mostly controlled by Tahrir
al-Sham, a militant group led by al-Nusra Front terrorist group,
al-Qaeda's former Syrian affiliate.
The group is not party to the agreement on setting
up a de-escalation zone in Idlib agreed upon during the Syrian peace
talks in Astana brokered by Russia, Iran and Turkey.
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