IDLIB, Syria — On April 20, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced the start of what he described as a new phase for the “voluntary and safe” return of Syrian refugees to their country, in cooperation with Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq.
Cavusoglu hinted at the possibility of security talks with the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, saying, “Intelligence meetings were held between the two countries [Turkey and Syria] in the past.”