AA / Ankara / Ozcan Yildirim
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a telephone conversation with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday.
The discussion took place on the sidelines of the meeting of the National Security Council in Türkiye, said the Communications Directorate of the Turkish Presidency.
The two men discussed regional and international issues, according to the same source.
Erdogan told Guterres that “the Syrian conflict has reached a new phase, managed with composure”, stressing that “Türkiye works above all to prevent Syria from experiencing greater instability and the conflict from becoming new civilian casualties.
“At this stage, the Syrian regime must engage without delay with its own people to work towards a comprehensive political solution,” stressed the Turkish president.
Erdogan said the Türkiye is working to defuse tensions, protect civilians and pave the way for the political process.
On November 27, clashes broke out between Assad regime forces and armed groups hostile to the regime in the western countryside of Aleppo province in northern Syria.
On November 28, armed opposition groups advanced rapidly from the western countryside of Aleppo towards the provincial capital before seizing it on November 30.
The same day, armed groups took control of the Khan Cheikhoun district and the entire Idlib province before advancing towards the Hama province.
During the “Dawn of Freedom” operation launched by the Syrian National Army against the PKK/YPG terrorist organization in the Aleppo countryside on December 1, the center of Tall Rifaat district was liberated from terrorists.
*Translated from Turkish by Alex Sinhan Bogmis
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