The developments in Syria after the capture of Aleppo by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) jihadists were discussed in telephone communications between the Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and the Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, and the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, as well as with the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov.

The Russian foreign minister also had a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araktsi, who will visit Ankara on Monday.

Russia, Turkey, Iran, along with Damascus have signed the Astana agreement on the status of the Idlib region, which is the base of the HTS jihadists who captured Aleppo.

The news that Kurdish forces are in control of Aleppo airport is now turning attention to Turkey.

The Kurds are considered by Ankara to be a threat even to the territorial integrity of Turkey itself, which has been threatening for months with a new military operation in Northern Syria, expanding its military presence there in areas controlled by the Kurds.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said, speaking to parliamentarians from western and southern Turkey, that Ankara was not involved in the clashes in Aleppo, assured that necessary measures would be taken against the possibility of a new wave of refugees and that Turkey he is not going to act in a way that will cause a refugee flow.

He also argued that if the United States were to cut off its support for the Kurdish forces, they would cease to exist within three twenty-four hours.

During the meeting, which was closed to the press, Hakan Fidan stated that “Turkey will never allow the terrorist structure (he means the de facto autonomous Kurdish entity in northern Syria) to turn into a state and that this determination of Turkey is known to all its interlocutors”.

Also, according to the Turkiye newspaper, the Turkish foreign minister reportedly told MPs: “In this geography, beyond the existing situation, a new entity or a new state-building process is not possible. Look at Northern Iraq. There are federations, autonomies, local organizations, but nothing could be done. Our ultimate goal is to ensure the territorial integrity of Syria. Turkey is also the protector of the Kurds on the other side of the border.”