Syrian government forces have pushed into an opposition stronghold, as Turkish troops and allied Syrian fighters battle Kurdish militants in a nearby area. Syrian government forces have pushed into an opposition stronghold, as Turkish troops and allied Syrian fighters battle Kurdish militants in a nearby area. Syrian troops and allied militia forces moved within nine miles of the town of Saraqeb, in Idlib, the opposition’s largest stronghold in the country, a war monitoring group reported. Meanwhile, Turkey has mobilised some 10,000 Syrian opposition fighters to take part in its campaign against a Kurdish militant group approximately 31 miles to the north. Any constitutional committee must be formed at the UN, and include representation from the HNC, which represents the Syrian opposition in UN talks with the government in Geneva, said HNC chief Nasr al-Hariri.

Source: Irish Independent February 01, 2018 15:56 UTC