Turkish foreign minister discusses developments in Syria with Iraqi counterpart

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (L), meets with Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (R) within the security meeting at the ministerial level in Baghdad, Iraq on March 14, 2024. [Murat Gök – Anadolu Agency]

Turkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held a phone conversation with Iraq’s top diplomat Fuad Hussein over the recent situation in Syria, the Turkish Foreign Ministry sources noted on Sunday, Anadolu reports.

The two ministers discussed the developments in Syria, the sources said.

The fighting erupted on Nov. 27 between Assad regime forces and anti-regime armed groups in the western countryside of the Aleppo province in northern Syria.

Since last week, the anti-regime armed groups have made rapid progress from the western countryside toward the city center, capturing much of it by Saturday.

The armed groups took control of the town of Khan Shaykhun later Saturday, establishing control of all of Idlib.

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