According to the Syrian SANA news agency, Damascus has demanded the immediate withdrawal of Turkish troops from the country.
A Foreign Ministry statement carried on state media, slammed the Turkish aggression, saying it had "nothing whatsoever to do with the understandings reached by the guarantor countries in the Astana process."
It said the entry of Turkish military vehicles into jihadist-held northwest Syria through the Bab al-Hawa crossing late on Thursday was a violation of international law.
Turkish troops had entered Idlib on Thursday night as "part of efforts to enforce a de-escalation zone" agreed by terrorist backer Ankara and Syria allies Russia and Iran at talks in Astana earlier this year. But the convoy was escorted by terrorists from al-Qaida-linked Tahrir al-Sham, previously known as the Nusra Front.
In none of its statements, Ankara pronounces fighting Nusra Front. However, it was one of the key agendas of Astana agreement to separate al-Qaida from the "moderates".
