Turkey, Russia Discuss Russian Airstrike Against Rebels In Syria

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

ANKARA, Oct 28 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, held a phone talk with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, on Tuesday, one day after Russia’s airstrike killed nearly 80 Turkey-backed rebels in Syria.

Syria and Libya were the issues discussed by the two foreign ministers during the conversation.

The Russian attack in the north-western Syrian province of Idlib was on the agenda, the sources said.

At least 78 rebels were killed overnight, by a Russian airstrike, against an opposition military camp in Idlib, a war monitor reported, on Monday.

About 90 others were wounded by the Russian airstrike, which targeted the camp of a Turkey-backed rebel group, in the western countryside of Idlib, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.