Victory near: two groups of Syrian Armed Forces closed in the area of Aleppo-Damascus highway

Two groups of SAR government troops from Idlib and Aleppo united in the Tell Iss area on a strategically important highway. This is reported by Al Mayadeen. SAR forces cleared the militants in 16 localities north of the town of Saraqib. It is reported that this success will enable the SAR Armed Forces to establish control over the strategically important Aleppo highway Damascus. According to the news agency on February 8, negotiations between representatives of Turkey and Russia took at least three hours in closed mode. The situation in Idlib was discussed. On the same day, Iran declared its readiness to act as a mediator in resolving the contradictions between Turkey and Syria. The day before, Turkish Head of State Rekeep Taip Erdoğan gave Damascus time until the end of February to withdraw troops from Turkish observation posts in Syrian Idlib. The Turkish Armed Forces moved some 300 armoured vehicles and trucks to the Syrian border.