He warned Europe that it will have to shoulder its part of the refugee crisis triggered by violence in the region. The main thing is that we now focus on negotiations between Putin and Erdogan,” a spokesman said. But the Syrian regime has made steady progress since December, and on Monday, retook the town of Saraqeb, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor. Erdogan said Monday that Syrian losses were “just the beginning” unless it pulled back behind the borders agreed under the 2018 deal. Turkey remains determined to avoid a direct clash with Russia, with which it shares significant defence and trade ties.

Source: The Guardian March 02, 2020 12:56 UTC