Syria News February 7, 2020. Russia accused Israel of trying to cover the F-16 with a civilian plane; the Turkish army flees from southern Idlib. Video

The latest news of the fighting in Syria on February 7, 2020

Israel tried to bring down a Syrian airliner

Israeli fighters hid behind a Syrian passenger airliner, intending to avoid an attack by Syrian air defense systems when carrying out attacks on the outskirts of Damascus. The incident occurred at the very moment when the passenger airliner was preparing to land, that is, it blocked the affected area of ​​the Syrian air defense systems located on the territory of Damascus International Airport.

The incident was confirmed by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, while, according to a representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, the civilian plane had to be urgently redirected to the Russian military base "Khmeimim".

Turkish troops flee Idlib after storming Idlib

Turkish troops began an emergency withdrawal of their forces from the southern part of the Syrian province of Idlib, after the Russian and Syrian military completely liberated the city of Serakib, as demonstrated by the corresponding video frames and photographs.

#Turkish forces run from south to north #Idlib # Syria pic.twitter.com/fDdtVtjnxt

- Last Defender (@LastDef) February 7, 2020

Experts do not exclude that after the seizure of territory to the M5 highway, the Syrian troops may begin to clean up the entire southern part of Idlib province, thereby completely cutting off the militant forces from the Russian military airbase "Khmeimim", a military airfield in Hama and squeezing them between the Syrian and Turkish borders. where there are no densely populated areas, which will allow large-scale strikes to be delivered without fear for civilians.