Ankara actively backed, together with Washington, jihadist rebels fighting to topple the Syrian government until mid-2016, and still acts as a patron of the so-called moderate rebel groups in Idlib.

Until now Turkey refuses to have political dialogue with the Syrian government, which it says has lost legitimacy over the killings of its own people during the war.

"Turkey may now exert pressure over the rebels in Idlib to lay down arms," stated Koni who teaches at Istanbul Kultur University, though he noted that Ankara may find it hard to adopt such a policy change.

Turkey should not withdraw from Idlib before the terrorism threat against Ankara from the U.S.-backed Kurdish militia in northeastern Syria is eliminated, argued Er.

The Turkish military sent hundreds of reinforcements as well as armored vehicles to its observation posts around Idlib, local media reported immediately after the attack.

Already hosting over 3.6 million Syrians, Ankara fears an all-out military offensive on Idlib would send hundreds of thousands of civilians as well as many jihadists to its border.

The Syrian army, backed by Russian air force, launched an offensive against the rebels in late April despite protests by Ankara.

Since then, attacks on the Turkish observation posts have very much increased, though they were rarely deadly until Thursday.

The Russians want to clear Idlib of the jihadists before winter and it is inevitable the situation will get worse in the days ahead, remarked Solmazturk who chairs the Incek debates at the Ankara-based 21st Century Turkey Institute.

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