Billows of smoke are rising from tyres that protesters have burned on the strategic M4 highway.Huge mounds of dirt, rocks, and scrap metal have been erected to keep vehicles from travelling along the road. On 24 March, a mine detonated while a Turkish military convoy was passing through the town of Sufahan in southern Idlib on the M4 highway resulting in two Turkish soldiers wounded.
We have no place to go," said Umm Sayyid, who attended the protest rally. Russia and Turkey have suspended joint military patrols carried out along the M4 highway in Syria’s northwestern region of Idlib over increasing militant attacks in the area, the Russian foreign ministry said, according to Reuters.Russia and Turkey began the patrols in March after they agreed to a ceasefire in the region following weeks of clashes that brought Ankara and Moscow close to direct confrontation, and displaced nearly a million people.Recent attacks by “radicals” have prompted a suspension of the patrols, the ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.“Terrorists have stepped up the amount of shelling on government troops and nearby settlements, not ceasing their provocations in the ‘security corridor’ along the M4 highway. Take a second to support Turkish Minute on Patreon! The once smooth roadway is now one long stretch of obstacles placed there by the protesters to send a message that Russian patrol forces are not welcome.According to the ceasefire arrangement signed between Russia and Turkey less than two weeks ago, the M4 corridor, which runs across opposition-held Idlib from east to west, was slated to be an area that is patrolled jointly by both Turkish and Russian troops.However, the M4 cuts into the lower third of the ever-shrinking territory still under Syrian opposition control. “This highway would strengthen the regime and our refugees will be forced to stay in awful camps, hungry and suffering. "We have been working hard to fortify our positions and prepare ourselves for what everyone knows will come next," predicting that a breakdown of the ceasefire and a resumption of hostilities was likely to happen sooner rather than later.On Sunday, the Russian Ministry of Defence stated that Turkey has been granted additional time to clear the M4. Russia and Turkey have suspended joint military patrols carried out along the M4 highway in Syria’s northwestern region of Idlib over increasing militant attacks in the area, the Russian foreign ministry said, according to Reuters. "Russia has the blood of a million Syrians on its hands. On the same day unknown gunmen tried to kidnap a rebel commander of Jabhat Thuwar Saraqib in Idlib city, wounding him by gunshot. Liked it? Russia and Turkey have suspended joint military patrols carried out along the M4 highway in Syria's northwestern region of Idlib over increasing militant attacks in the area, the Russian foreign ministry said. While this development is an encouraging sign that further de-escalation measures may proceed, the threat of renewed conflict remains. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused rebel groups in Idlib of not sticking to the terms of the ceasefire deal.In addition to that, some shelling of the Kabanah mountain range, on the western fringes of opposition-held territory, has been taking place as well.Both sides also appear to have been re-arming and redeploying troops for the fight ahead.Turkey has brought several new columns of heavy weapons and armament into Syrian territory since the signing of the agreement.Iranian forces have also been seen bringing in large numbers of vehicles and heavy weapons, fortifying pro-government positions in the contested city of Saraqib, which sits on the north-south M5 highway to the southeast of Idlib City.Burning tyres and other obstacles force Russian and Turkish forces to abandon first patrol as rebels vow to fight for territory south of key highway Who are the winners and losers in the Idlib ceasefire?Protesters block Idlib's M4 highway in defiance of Russia-Turkey dealOnly England And Wales jurisdiction apply in all legal matters.
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