Turkey’s Erdogan vows retaliation if Idlib truce violated
Turkey and Russia are maintaining a fragile truce in Syria's Idlib, yet the Turkish president said his military may retaliate if its outposts are targeted.
Less than a week after Turkey and Russia agreed to a cease-fire in Syria’s Idlib province, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his military reserves the right to retaliate should any of Turkey’s observation posts be targeted. During a speech to lawmakers March 11, Erdogan said Turkey was monitoring “small violations” of the fragile truce.
“Turkey will do more than mere retaliation if its observation posts in Idlib are targeted,” he told members of his Justice and Development Party (AKP) during a meeting in Ankara, according to state-run Anadolu Agency.
