Russian defense minister: There will be no new offensive on Idlib – Ifax

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Russian Defence Minister Shoigu attends a meeting of President Putin with Turkish Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu attends a meeting of President Vladimir Putin with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi, Russia September 17, 2018. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS

September 17, 2018

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Monday there will be no new military operation against Syria’s Idlib by Syrian government forces and their allies, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported.

He was speaking after the Russian and Turkish presidents agreed on the creation of a demilitarized zone in Idlib to separate rebel forces in the city from Syrian government forces.

(Reporting by Maria Tsvetkova; Writing by Christian Lowe; Editing by Mark Heinrich)

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