Syrian President Bashar Assad has condemned Turkey's leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a"thief" as he made his first visit to areas in Idlib province recently retaken by Syrian government forces from Turkey-backed rebels.
The media quoted him as calling Erdogan a"thief who robbed factories, wheat and fuel and is today stealing territory" - apparently referring to Turkey's invasion this month into north-eastern Syria to push out Syrian Kurdish fighters.His comments came as Syrian troops continued to deploy in parts of the north where they are supporting Kurdish forces to contain a Turkish invasion, according to state news agency SANA.
The Idlib region, which has some three million residents, half of them displaced from other parts of the country, is the last major rebel bastion in Syria.Hayat Tahrir al-Sham - a jihadist alliance led by Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate - extended its administrative control over the whole of Idlib in January, but other rebel factions remain present.
In August, government troops began a ground offensive that saw them retake several areas in southern Idlib, including the town of Al-Hbeit, which was among the first to fall.A 31 August ceasefire brokered by Russia largely halted air strikes and clashes with heavy weapons, but skirmishes persist, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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