China News Service, March 6. According to the "Central News Agency" report, on the 5th local time, after six hours of consultations between Russian President Putin and Turkish President Erdogan in the Russian capital Moscow, Syria ’s Idlib region was announced from local time 6 The ceasefire began at 00:00.
Data map: Russian President Putin.
According to reports, according to the agreement read by Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, the two countries agreed to cease all military activities along the line of engagement in the military buffer zone in the Idlib region from 00:00 on the 6th, and agreed to pull along A 6-kilometer-wide safety corridor is established on the M4 road in Port Takia. At the same time, Russia and Turkey also agreed to carry out joint patrol tasks along the M4 highway from the 15th.
Data map: Turkish President Erdogan.
Syria's Idlib area borders Turkey and is the last major area controlled by Syrian opposition armed and terrorist groups. Syrian government forces have been hoping to recapture this area. In September 2018, Putin and Erdogan decided to establish a demilitarized zone between Syrian government forces and opposition forces in Idlib. The Turkish side can set up 12 observation points in the Idlib area.
The situation in Idlib has recently escalated. On the evening of February 27, Syrian government forces launched an air strike on the Idlib area. Due to the mix of Turkish soldiers and Syrian militants, the air strike caused heavy casualties to the Turkish Army. Since then, Turkey has launched a large-scale military operation, shooting down multiple Syrian warplanes and destroying a large number of ground targets. Syrian government forces subsequently launched a counterattack and announced on March 1 the closure of Idlib airspace.