Turkey's foreign minister on Tuesday (January 9th) accused the Syrian regime of striking moderate opposition forces in Idlib province near the Turkish border, warning it could torpedo talks aimed at ending the war, AFP reported.
Ankara is working closely on Syria with Russia and Iran, President Bashar al-Assad's main allies, but has stepped up criticism of the regime's behaviour in recent days.
"Regime forces are striking moderate opposition with the pretext of fighting against al-Nusra [Front]," Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted as saying by the official Anadolu news agency, referring to ANF, which is now extremist alliance Tahrir al-Sham.
"This attitude would scupper the political solution process," Cavusoglu said.
"The parties that will come together in Sochi should refrain from any action that could threaten the talks," he warned.
Russia is hoping to hold a Syria peace congress in its Black Sea resort of Sochi on January 29th-30th.
