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FILE PHOTO. Turkish soldiers in an armored vehicle return from the Syrian town of Tal Abyad. \u00a9REUTERS \/ Huseyin Aldemir<\/p><\/div>\n
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Turkey sending troops to Syria to fight against the government would be the \u2018worst case scenario\u2019, Kremlin spokesman said after Ankara threatened that such an operation was imminent.<\/p>\n
Turkey\u2019s President Erdogan said on Wednesday Ankara was prepared to launch a military incursion into Idlib to force the Syrian army out. Russia\u2019s reaction to such a development would depend on what goals the Turkish troops decide to pursue, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it will be an operation against terrorist forces in Idlib, that would certainly be within the spirit\u201d<\/em>\u00a0of Russia\u2019s agreements with Turkey, he said.<\/p>\n But if it is about an operation against legitimate Syrian armed forces, that would certainly be the worst case scenario.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Russia and Turkey agreed on the process of de-escalation in Idlib, the last stronghold of anti-government forces in Syria. Under the so-called Sochi agreement Turkey is supposed to use its clout among the armed groups to scale down and eventually halt attacks from within the province. The arrangement was taken as an alternative to a major military offensive by Damascus, which, Ankara said, would cause a major exodus of refugees from Syria to Turkey. \u201cWe were satisfied with the agreements that\u00a0were reached in Sochi over a year ago and the satisfaction was mutual. We were absolutely not satisfied after militants and terrorist groups started launching attacks from Idlib territory against the Syrian armed forces and Russian military sites,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0he said.\u00a0\u201cThat is when our satisfaction ended.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
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\nIn reality this didn\u2019t happen, Peskov said.<\/p>\n