Turkey-Syria/Pressure
Idlib, Syria - Recent (CGTN - No Access Chinese Mainland/Orient TV/Syria Alshaab TV/Zanoubia TV/Alhurra TV/ANN TV/Al Jazeera/Al-Arabiya TV)
1. Damaged houses
2. Various of soldiers
Ankara, Turkey - Oct 14, 2018 (CCTV - No Access Chinese Mainland)
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Burak Ozpek, assistant professor, TOBB economy and technology university:
"In the future, if these militant groups feel that they are going to be dismantled, they are going to be cleansed from the region, they can show an unpredictable reaction towards the Turkey forces and the Russian forces."
FILE: Idlib, Syria - Date Unknown (CGTN - No Access Chinese Mainland/Orient TV/Syria Alshaab TV/Zanoubia TV/Alhurra TV/ANN TV/Al Jazeera/Al-Arabiya TV)
4. Various of damaged infrastructure
Ankara, Turkey - Oct 14, 2018 (CCTV - No Access Chinese Mainland)
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Oytun Orhan, coordinator, Syria studies, Center for Middle Eastern Studies:
"The information coming from the ground shows us that most of these elements will withdraw with the agreement. But the foreign fighters, the radicals, they are 'Muhajirins', are against it."
FILE: Damascus, Syria - Date Unknown (CCTV - No Access Chinese Mainland/Orient TV/Syria Alshaab TV/Zanoubia TV/Alhurra TV/ANN TV/Al Jazeera/Al-Arabiya TV)
6. National flag of Syria
7. Various of traffic
Turkey faces huge pressure to ensure all Syrian radical opposition forces evacuate from the demilitarized zone in the province of Idlib as of Monday, experts said on Sunday.
On Oct. 10, Turkish defense ministry announced the complete withdrawal of heavy weapons from Idlib according to the schedule of the Sochi Agreement reached between Russia and Turkey last month.
Experts said that was the first and the easiest part of the agreement. Turkey's limited influence on rebels and extremist terrorist groups will add uncertainties to the full execution of the agreement.
"In the future, if these militant groups feel that they are going to be dismantled, they are going to be cleansed from the region, they can show an unpredictable reaction towards the Turkey forces and the Russian forces," said Burak Ozpek, assistant professor at the TOBB economy and technology university.
According to data provided by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, there are 80,000 to 90,000 armed fighters and 30,000 extremists and terrorists in Idlib. Although some organizations have withdrawn, those foreign members in extremist organizations are the least willing to leave, according to recent media report.
"The information coming from the ground shows us that most of these elements will withdraw with the agreement. But the foreign fighters, the radicals, they are 'Muhajirins', are against it," said Oytun Orhan, coordinator of Syria studies at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
Turkey-Syria/Pressure
Dateline : Oct 14, 2018/Recent/File
Location : Ankara,Turkey
Duration : 1'16
Idlib, Syria - Recent (CGTN - No Access Chinese Mainland/Orient TV/Syria Alshaab TV/Zanoubia TV/Alhurra TV/ANN TV/Al Jazeera/Al-Arabiya TV)
1. Damaged houses
2. Various of soldiers
Ankara, Turkey - Oct 14, 2018 (CCTV - No Access Chinese Mainland)
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Burak Ozpek, assistant professor, TOBB economy and technology university:
"In the future, if these militant groups feel that they are going to be dismantled, they are going to be cleansed from the region, they can show an unpredictable reaction towards the Turkey forces and the Russian forces."
FILE: Idlib, Syria - Date Unknown (CGTN - No Access Chinese Mainland/Orient TV/Syria Alshaab TV/Zanoubia TV/Alhurra TV/ANN TV/Al Jazeera/Al-Arabiya TV)
4. Various of damaged infrastructure
Ankara, Turkey - Oct 14, 2018 (CCTV - No Access Chinese Mainland)
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Oytun Orhan, coordinator, Syria studies, Center for Middle Eastern Studies:
"The information coming from the ground shows us that most of these elements will withdraw with the agreement. But the foreign fighters, the radicals, they are 'Muhajirins', are against it."
FILE: Damascus, Syria - Date Unknown (CCTV - No Access Chinese Mainland/Orient TV/Syria Alshaab TV/Zanoubia TV/Alhurra TV/ANN TV/Al Jazeera/Al-Arabiya TV)
6. National flag of Syria
7. Various of traffic
Turkey faces huge pressure to ensure all Syrian radical opposition forces evacuate from the demilitarized zone in the province of Idlib as of Monday, experts said on Sunday.
On Oct. 10, Turkish defense ministry announced the complete withdrawal of heavy weapons from Idlib according to the schedule of the Sochi Agreement reached between Russia and Turkey last month.
Experts said that was the first and the easiest part of the agreement. Turkey's limited influence on rebels and extremist terrorist groups will add uncertainties to the full execution of the agreement.
"In the future, if these militant groups feel that they are going to be dismantled, they are going to be cleansed from the region, they can show an unpredictable reaction towards the Turkey forces and the Russian forces," said Burak Ozpek, assistant professor at the TOBB economy and technology university.
According to data provided by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, there are 80,000 to 90,000 armed fighters and 30,000 extremists and terrorists in Idlib. Although some organizations have withdrawn, those foreign members in extremist organizations are the least willing to leave, according to recent media report.
"The information coming from the ground shows us that most of these elements will withdraw with the agreement. But the foreign fighters, the radicals, they are 'Muhajirins', are against it," said Oytun Orhan, coordinator of Syria studies at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
ID : 8093152
Published : 2018-10-15 09:20
Last Modified : 2018-10-19 10:28:00
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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