Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu
The situation in Syria's eastern Ghouta is heading towards disaster and clashes must end, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Friday, calling for a ceasefire in the region.
Çavuşoğlu was speaking at a joint news conference with his Russian and Iranian counterparts in the Kazakh capital, Astana, where the three had gathered to discuss the situation in Syria.
Heavy air strikes targeted a opposition-held area of eastern Ghouta on Friday, killing 10 people in the town of Saqba, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.The Observatory said Russian jets carried out the strikes, citing its activist network on the ground. Advancing Syrian government forces have splintered eastern Ghouta into three enclaves in an offensive that has been underway for a month.The latest wave of air strikes hit the southern most enclave of eastern Ghouta, from which thousands of civilians fled on Thursday into government-held territory.At least 7,000 leave Syria's Eastern GhoutaAid convoy prepares to enter Syria's eastern GhoutaTurkey secured 'over 70 percent' of Syria's Afrin: presidential spox
Airstrikes pound opposition-held area in Syria's eastern Ghouta