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Assad Visits Troops, Vows Support for Kurds Against Turkey
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2:07Now PlayingThe Syrian president's office has released video and photos of what it says is a visit by the President Bashar Assad to the troops in Idlib province on Tuesday, criticizing Turkey and calling for resistance to its recent invasion the country's northeast.
Idlib is the last province of Syria where rebels are still holding out.
In the last few months there have been repeated attempts by government forces to regain territory but the majority of Idlib remains in the hands of Turkey-backed opposition fighters and jihadi groups.
Talking to his officers, Assad said he is ready to support any "popular resistance" against the Turkish invasion to eventually expel the invaders.
Assad said the right thing to do now is to rally efforts to fight off Turkey's advances into north eastern Syria.
He said he has offered clemency to those who had joined the Kurdish-led forces, which his government considers secessionists.
His government has agreed, after Russia mediation, to deploy in areas Kurdish-led forces had controlled since 2012 in the northeast after U.S. withdrew its forces. The U.S. withdrawal opened the door for the Turkish invasion on October 9.
Assad called it a "constitutional and national duty" to work against Turkey's invasion, which he said came on orders from the United States to allow it to withdraw. He also said that liberating Idlib remains the "main battle" to end the chaos and terrorism in Syria.
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