Turkey is asking for help to deal with Syrian migrants. Around four million refugees live in Turkey now.

President Erdogan has opened its border with Greece, but Greece is pushing back.

Turkey has also reached a cease-fire deal with Russia, after Syrian forces – backed by Russians – killed dozens of Turkish soldiers in an offensive to retake the last major area of opposition in Idlib. Despite the truce, the situation in Syria is far from resolved.

CGTN’s Michal Bardavid reports.

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To discuss:

• Ammar Waqqaf is the founder and director of the think tank Gnosos and a Syrian political analyst.
• Pavel Felgenhauer is a defense analyst and columnist for the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta.
• Yusuf Alabarda is an international security and politics expert.
• Theodore Kattouf is a former U.S. Ambassador to Syria.

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CGTN’s Michal Bardavid (@Michal_Bardavid) has a look at the growing tensions on the Greek-Turkey border as migrant’s fleeing Syria attempt to enter the EU territory. pic.twitter.com/4W7jMi8YPn

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