The deadline given by the Turkish president Receb Tayyip Erdogan for the Syrian regime to retreat from all the areas recently captured in Idlib and Aleppo, is about to end. However, the regime forces have been achieving rapid advances, with full Russian support. On February 12, Erdogan released statements divorced from reality on the ground, … Continue reading Erdogan’s statement, 14 days on: Russian-backed regime forces capture 86 areas in Aleppo, Idlib and Hama, 552 persons killed, and over 300,000 civilians displaced