Turks Begin Withdrawal to Northern Idlib Amid Putin-Erdogan Meeting, Reports Suggest

Several media outlets, citing sources from Syrian military circles, report that the Turkish Army is withdrawing from the southern part of Syria's Idlib province to the north. This move began after the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi, according to lenta.ru, referencing the Avia.pro resource.

Turkish tanks and other armored vehicles have already exited parts of Idlib. The troop movements are occurring along the M4 highway. Meanwhile, the Turkish army maintains control over that highway.

On September 29, talks took place in Sochi between Putin and Erdogan. The two sides discussed issues related to cooperation, as well as the situations in Syria, Libya, and Nagorno-Karabakh. The leaders of the two countries highly valued the economic, political, and military cooperation between their nations.

Previously, it was reported that Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, addressing the UN podium, called on the US and Turkey to withdraw their troops from Syrian territory as their presence is illegal. The minister also warned the armed groups in the northern provinces of the republic against seeking assistance from foreign military contingents.