{"id":109922,"date":"2024-01-13T12:12:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T12:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=109922"},"modified":"2024-01-13T12:12:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T12:12:57","slug":"damascus-ankara-to-hold-meetings-in-syrias-latakia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/109922\/","title":{"rendered":"Damascus, Ankara to hold meetings in Syria&#8217;s Latakia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) &#8211;<\/strong><span class=\"base-fs\" style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\"> A source of the Syrian government\u00a0reported on Saturday that technical and security committees of Damascus and Ankara will\u00a0hold meetings on Jan. 20, 21, and 22 in the\u00a0<\/span><font style=\"font-size: revert; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">\u200btown\u00a0of Kessab, north of\u00a0<\/font><span class=\"base-fs\" style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\"><font class=\"text-o-color-5\">Latakia Gover<\/font>norate, on the\u00a0Syrian coast.<\/span><p><span class=\"base-fs\">The source added that the meeting will address security matters in\u00a0the framework of normalization efforts between the two parties.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span class=\"base-fs\">On Dec. 12, 2023, North Press <a href=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/108556\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported <\/a>the handover of a detained officer of the government forces by\u00a0Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS &#8211; formerly al-Nusra Front) to\u00a0Turkish intelligence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>The handover of the officer took place in line\u00a0with a pre-existing agreement between Turkish intelligence and the HTS. This deal outlines the transfer of a list of government officers within a specific timetable.<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span class=\"base-fs\">Previously, a source from the government forces in Latakia told North Press that Damascus wanted Ankara to hand over Syrian soldiers\u00a0captured in previous years as part of the coordination of security committees between the two parties within normalization efforts.<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"base-fs\">The meeting in <font class=\"text-o-color-5\">\u200b<\/font><\/span><font class=\"text-o-color-5\">Kessab<\/font><span class=\"base-fs\"><font class=\"text-o-color-5\"> will<\/font> be attended by the Russian side, according to the source.<\/span><strong>By Ardo Juweid<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) &#8211; A source of the Syrian government\u00a0reported on Saturday that technical and security committees of Damascus and Ankara will\u00a0hold meetings on Jan. 20, 21, and 22 in the\u00a0\u200btown\u00a0of Kessab, north of\u00a0Latakia Governorate, on the\u00a0Syrian coast. 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