Erdogan ally says Turkey should be prepared to invade Damascus and topple Assad

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It sure looks like this could really escalate.

Erdogan ally says Turkey should be prepared to invade Damascus and topple Assad

A prominent ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Turkey to ready itself to capture Damascus after Syrian regime fire killed a dozen Turkish soldiers over the past week.

"The Turkish nation should plan to enter Damascus and destroy the oppressors if necessary," said Devlet Bahceli, leader of the ultra-nationalist Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).

"Burn Syria, destroy Idlib and damn Assad," he told parliament on Tuesday during a party meeting.

Read more at: https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/News/2020/2/11/Erdogan-ally-says-Turkey-should-prepare-to-invade-Damascus

Nearly 1 million displaced in regime's Idlib offensive

The UN said on Monday that 900,000 people, mostly women and children, have been forced to flee their homes since the start of December due to a Russian-backed regime offensive in northwest Syria.

That figure is 100,000 more than the UN had previously recorded.

"The crisis in northwest Syria has reached a horrifying new level," said Mark Lowcock, the UN head of humanitarian affairs and emergency relief.

https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2020/2/17/nearly-1-million-displaced-since-regimes-december-idlib-offensive