NCRI – The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu stated that Turkey will cooperate with Russia to punish those who violate the ceasefire in Syria.
On 5th of January 2017, Al-Jazeera TV reported that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey has accused Assad regime, Hezbollah and the backed-up militants of the Iranian regime of violating the ceasefire in Syria. He urged Iran to put pressure on Hezbollah in order to stop violating the ceasefire.
On 5th of January 2017, Al-Arabiya TV also reported that Turkey imposes sanction on those circles that violate the ceasefire in Syria. There is not still any sign of cooperation between Russia and Turkey as well.
Ankara and Moscow threatened to boycott those parties who disrupt ceasefire provisions. Meanwhile, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu urged Iran to put pressure on Assad regime and its backed-up militants to stop military operations in Wadi Barada, Syria. The threats made by Ankara are concurrent with the upcoming peace negotiation which is going to be held in Astana, Kazakhstan at the end of this month.
The area of Wadi Barada is being bombed and shelled for several consecutive days by the Assad forces and militants affiliated with the regime. The Human Rights Organization of Syria announced that Assad forces have advanced to this area and they have reached near the city of Ail Al-Fije which has the main water resources that supply Damascus. Nevertheless, some opposition groups believe that the advancement of militants into the areas is completely wrong.
Despite the ongoing protests that threaten the ceasefire agreement signed by Russia and Turkey, the Assad regime intends to continue the practice.
In order to protest against the wars and violation of ceasefire, the militants of the Syrian Opposition have recently announced that they have suspended the peace negotiation with the Assad regime which is going to be held in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana.
The militants of the Syrian Opposition call for stopping the military attacks of the Assad regime and its militia, redeployment of the international observers to monitor the ceasefire and also fixing the main water power station of Al-Fije which has been damaged due to bombings.
According to the news, the Assad regime fired Wadi Barada area on Wednesday 4th of January 2017. However, the local authorities reached an agreement with the Russian officers.
According to the agreement, the Russian officers would be deployed to the area in order to monitor the ceasefire. Nevertheless, the Hezbollah forces prevented these officers from entering to Wadi Barada area. As a result, the Russian officers returned to Damascus.
