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Turkey says truce violations put Syria talks in jeopardy

 

BEIRUT - Turkey warned on Wednesday that repeated cease-fire violations by Syria's government were threatening peace talks scheduled for later this month.

 

Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the talks in Kazakhstan were scheduled for January 23, to be preceded by preparatory meetings between Turkish and Russian "experts" in Turkey.

 

The Syrian government and allied militias have pressed on with an offensive to take the Barada Valley outside Damascus from rebels despite a cease-fire agreement signed shortly before the new year. The government says the region was never included in the agreement.

 

Rebels have retaliated with shelling and raids on government-held areas in other parts of the country.

 

The rebels also accuse the government of carrying out air raids in the rebel-held province of Idlib, where hundreds of thousands of civilians have sought refuge.

 

 


פרסום ראשון: 01.04.17, 13:24