Syrian government forces and their allies have retaken a key northwestern town days after losing it to rebel forces. The town's recapture comes after escalating and direct clashes between Syrian and Turkish forces that could signal a new stage in the war.
FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 file photo, a Turkish military convoy moves in the east of Idlib, Syria. Syria’s official news agency said Sunday, March 1, 2020, that two of its warplane were shot down by Turkish forces inside northwest Syria, amid a military escalation there that's led to growing direct clashes between Turkish and Syrian forces. SANA said the jets were targeted over the Idlib region, and that the four pilots ejected with parachutes and landed safely.
Turkey backs fighters in Syria’s Idlib province, where the last remaining rebel forces in the country are holed up, and has sent thousands of troops into the area. Outraged, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced his country’s European borders were open Saturday for thousands of migrants and refugees as he sought to pressure Europe to help Turkey handle the fallout from the war in Syria.
The government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media said Syrian troops and their allies regained control of Saraqeb after fighting with al-Qaida-linked militants.
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