Assad adviser: Cease-fire in Syria's Idlib 'temporary'

DAMASCUS, Syria - The ceasefire that was declared during the weekend by the Syrian army in the last major rebel stronghold in the northwestern province of Idlib is "temporary", Syria's presidential adviser Buthaina Shabaan said.

Local media outlets cited Shabaan on Sunday as saying that the ceasefire, which entered into force in Idlib on Saturday, was a unilateral decision by Russia and Syria and is not part of any other understandings.

The presidential adviser said the Turkish army, which entered parts of Idlib, will be "forced" to leave Syria.