The United States is discussing with NATO ways to support Turkey in Syria

ARK News.. The State Department said that the United States' Special Representative for Syria, James Jeffrey, will visit NATO headquarters in Brussels next Tuesday for talks with allies on ways to support Turkey in Syria.

In a statement issued on Monday evening, the ministry said that Geoffrey will visit the headquarters of NATO to hold a series of meetings "with the allies on March 10 over the crisis in Idlib and its implications for NATO and ways to support Turkey in terms of its security concerns."

In addition, Jeffrey will hold meetings with high-ranking officials of the European Union to discuss and seek assistance related to the difficult humanitarian situation in Syria, especially in Idlib, and to achieve the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2254 on the Syrian crisis.

The Idlib area of reduce the escalation has witnessed a severe tension since last February after the Syrian regime's army launched massive military operations against the militants in response to their attacks on the regime's sites, which, according to the United Nations, resulted in a significant deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the region, and also caused clashes with the Turkish army, which supports what it calls moderate opposition formations.

On March 1, Turkey announced the launch of a new military operation in Idlib against the Syrian regime’s army in response to their attacks on “Turkish military and civilians” in the region, which, especially since February 27, has witnessed great tension between the two sides after the killing of 36 Turkish forces with an armed operation Syrian regime.

On March 5, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, reached a package of decisions to ease tension in Syria's Idlib, including the declaration of a ceasefire in the region as of 00:01 from March 6, and the establishment of a safe corridor in specific areas of the road "M4".

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