Russia has long complained about attacks by the jihadists against its Hmeymim air base and Syrian army positions, underlining that the terrorism threat needs to be eliminated.

Ankara's efforts to stop the rebels, in line with a deal reached with Moscow back in September last year, from attacking Russian and Syrian army positions have failed so far.

Almost all of the Idlib province came under the control of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an al-Qaida-linked jihadist group, following clashes with Turkey-backed rebel groups at the beginning of this year.

The latest deadly attack on the Turkish military post came shortly before Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met on Saturday with his Russian and U.S. counterparts, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump respectively, on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Osaka, Japan.

It is widely argued for this reason that the strike should be taken as Moscow's message to Ankara, although the analysts differed on the message's content as well as on whether the strike should convey any message at all.

"Russia's message to Ankara is, 'You have failed to do your part, so step aside and let us settle the problem in Idlib," stated Koni.

Er feels that with this strike Moscow is warning Ankara against toeing the Washington's line by means of giving up the S-400 missile deal.

"'Or else I'll get you into trouble in Syria' is Moscow's message," he said.

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