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Russia’s bloody message to Turkey in Syria

By Tom Rogan
Published August 19, 2019 5:17pm ET
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Russia’s bloody message to Turkey in Syria
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, prior to their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Monday, Dec. 11, 2017. Declaring a victory against "terrorists" in Syria, Putin earlier on Monday visited a Russian military air base in the country and announced a partial pullout of Russian forces from the Mideast nation. | (AP)

Tension between Turkey and Syria spiked dramatically on Monday when Syrian-Russian axis warplanes bombed a Turkish army convoy in Syria, killing at least three civilians.

Syrian-Russian axis ground forces are also very close to cutting off Turkish access to a highway north of the rebel-held city of Khan Shaykhun. Turkey needs that M-5 highway to resupply a military observation post at the border between Syria’s Hama and Idlib governorates.

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Foreign Affairs Recep Tayyip Erdogan Russia Syria Turkey Vladimir Putin