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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to meet in Sochi on Sept. 29 to discuss the recent regional developments and bilateral relations.

At least seven civilians, including children, were killed and three others were wounded in a regime attack on Syria's northwestern Idlib province early on July 22.

According to the Syria Civil Defense, or White Helmets, the regime and supporting terror groups conducted an attack on the Iblin village, south of Idlib, with ground-to-ground weapons.

To return smiles on the faces of poor Syrian children on the eve of the Muslim festival Eid al Fitr, six female voluntary tailors are busy repairing second-hand clothes, tuning them brand new for the children in Syria's Idlib province.

National drones have done much to promote Turkey's rise as a regional power in 2020, according to an American political scientist.

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has said he spoke with Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu on the phone to discuss the recent increase in the violation of the ceasefire in Syria's Idlib province.

"We have agreed to take measures to hold the ceasefire," Akar told reporters at the parliament on March 25.

Turkey has expressed concern to Russian officials in Ankara over attacks in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib and the operation zone of Turkish troops deployed in northern Syria.

The U.S. on March 1 remembered Turkish soldiers killed last year in an airstrike by forces of Syria's Bashar al-Assad regime in northwestern Idlib province.  

An eight-year-old Syrian girl who lost her leg is hoping to get treatment in Turkey and be able to walk again.

Fatma Nasuh lost her leg when she was only 3 years old and has been walking with crutches ever since.

She walks three kilometers (1.8 miles) with crutches every day to go to school and wants to become a pediatrician who treats children who have lost their limbs.

One Turkish soldier was killed and two others injured in an attack on an armored ambulance in northwestern Syria, according to Turkey's National Defense Ministry on June 5. 

The foreign ministers of Turkey, Germany, France and the U.K. have held a teleconference to discuss regional issues and latest developments, a written statement by the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on late May 19.