“In response to the constant violations of the ceasefire from within this Idlibian zone, the Syrian army, of course, has every right to respond, suppress terrorists, and we cannot forbid the Syrian army to comply with the requirements that are recorded in the UN Security Council resolution on the merciless, uncompromising fight against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, ”said Lavrov.
He added that the Turkish side is informing the Russian Central Military District on where the Turkish military is located in this Idlib de-escalation zone at any given time.
“These coordinates, of course, are transferred to the Syrian armed forces, so that, in response to terrorist attacks, they fully ensure the safety of Turkish troops,” the minister said.
Lavrov stressed that "the coordinates that were transmitted yesterday did not contain a reference to the places where the Turkish military eventually died, who were in the ranks of terrorist groups."
Earlier it was reported that NATO, at the request of Turkey, will hold consultations on the situation in Syrian Idlib after Turkish troops came under fire.
On February 28, Turkey was informed that the Turkish military fell under fire in Idlib. According to recent reports, 33 people became victims of airstrike.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the Khayyat Tahrir al-Sham terrorist group in the Idlib de-escalation zone * on February 27 attempted to conduct an offensive operation on a wide front on the positions of the Syrian government forces. In the area of the settlement of Behun, Turkish soldiers who were "in the battle formations of terrorist formations" fell under the shelling of the Syrian troops. Moreover, according to the coordinates provided by the Turkish side to the Russian center of reconciliation, there were no and should not be any units of the Turkish armed forces in this area.
* “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” (“Jabhat Fath al-Sham”, “Front al-Nusra”, “Jabhat al-Nusra”) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated December 29, 2014.