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Idlib demilitarization (2018–2019)
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The Idlib demilitarization was an agreement between Turkey and Russia to create a demilitarized zone (DMZ) in Syria's rebel-held Idlib Governorate, to be patrolled by military forces from Russia and Turkey. On 17 September 2018, the Russian president Vladimir Putin and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, reached an agreement to create a buffer zone in Idlib.[17]
Idlib demilitarization (2018–2019) | |||||||
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Part of the Turkish military operation in Idlib Governorate and the Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war | |||||||
![]() The situation in the province of Idlib as of 17 September 2018. Locations of Turkish outposts are pictured. Syrian Army control
Tahrir al-Sham and allies control
National Front for Liberation and allies control
Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army control | |||||||
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
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155 rebels killed (gov.-rebel conflict; as of 29 April 2019)[9] 130 rebels killed (HTS-NLF conflict)[11] ![]() | ||||||
372 civilians killed (as of 29 April 2019)[9][11] 80,000 people displaced[9][11] | |||||||
a Buffer zone never fully implemented, interrupted by intermittent shelling and ground offensives.[13][14] Zone considered to be inactive by Turkey, which Russia says did not abide by the agreement,[15] while Russia considers Turkey to have failed to separate moderate rebels from hardline jihadists.[16] |