Hello this is Fiona McDonald with the b.b.c. News the United Nations has called on Russia and Turkey to act urgently to avert a bloodbath in the Syrian province of it led the region is in the hands of rebels but Syrian government forces have been massing ahead of what may be a major offensive Alan Johnston reports this call for swift action has come from the UN s envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura President Putin and his Turkish counterpart at a time early one to talk on the phone and find a way to head off a looming battle for. Russia backs the Syrian government forces that may soon try to recapture the densely populated province turkey on the other hand has supported elements of the opposition in a live earlier when you d air raids in the region reportedly killed at least 9 civilians including children. Syrian state television says Israeli warplanes have targeted military sites in a reader in the northwest of the country it quoted an official as saying the aircraft had come in at low
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