(Zaman Al-Wasl)- Two Syrian people were killed on Sunday when Turkish forces opened fire on demonstrators blocking the M4 highway in northern Idlib province.
According to Zaman al-Wasl reporter, the Turkish army has fired live bullets and tear gas to resolve a sit-in in the town of al-Nayarab.
The protester, who stoned the Turkish tanks, are opposing joint Turkish-Russian patrols and have been trying to block the strategic highway over the past few weeks .
The victims were working as policemen in the Salvation Government, a local governing body affiliated to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.
Turkish and Russian forces carried out the fifth joint patrol along a strategic M4 highway last Tuesday.
The M4 highway, also known as the Aleppo-Latakia road, is about 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Turkey's southern border.
Last month, Ankara and Moscow agreed on a protocol urging parties to "cease all military actions along the line of contact in the Idlib de-escalation area” starting on March 6, according to Anadolu Agency.
Idlib province is home to 3.5 million civilians, according to the United Nations.
Since the ceasefire agreed between Russia and Turkey on March 5, the lowest death toll ever was recorded in Syria in nine years. Also, more than 130,000 displaced people have been returned home, the Syrian Response Coordinators Team said.
Bashar al-Assad condemned last week the "ongoing encroachments by Turkey on the sovereignty and territory of Syria," in the country's north where Ankara has deployed troops, set up military posts and backed rebels battling the regime, AFP reported.
The nine-year-old conflict has killed more than 390,000 people and displaced 7 million.
Zaman Al Wasl
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