ANTAKYA (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 29th June, 2021) The participants of the next round of the Astana format negotiations on Syria, hosted by Kazakhstan, will discuss the withdrawal of Turkish forces and Ankara-backed militias from parts of the Idlib province, a source from the Syrian opposition told Sputnik on Monday.
"Participants of the next round of meetings in the Astana format [in Nur-Sultan] will discuss the withdrawal of the Turkish military and the groups it supports from areas located on the Syrian coast [border area between provinces of Idlib and Latakia], from the western Idlib and the rest of Jabal Zawiya in southern Idlib," the source said.
The next round of talks will take place in the Kazakh capital on July 7-8.
According to the source, the specific areas from where the Turkish military and armed groups will withdraw have not yet been determined.
