Erdoğan says 50,000 Syrians fleeing from Idlib to Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Dec. 19 said that some 50,000 people were fleeing to Turkey from Syria's northwestern region of Idlib.

"Now, there are 50,000 people coming to our lands from Idlib. We already host 4 million people, and now, an additional 50,000 are coming. Maybe this figure will increase even further," Erdoğan said.

The Turkish president's remarks came during a roundtable meeting on the priority of development and challenges with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani as part of the Kuala Lumpur summit of Muslim world leaders.

Erdoğan again slammed the international community for refraining from providing support to Turkey for the care of Syrian refugees.

"We spent over $40 billion. There is neither a serious support from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees nor does the European Union fulfill the promises it gave. No one is keeping their word," he said.

"On the other hand, the Arab League convenes and says, 'Cut relations with Turkey'? Who did we accommodate? Where did we accommodate our 3.7 million Syrian Arab brothers and sisters? We took them to Turkey," he said.

Erdoğan was referring to the Arab League's condemnation of Turkey's anti-terror "Operation Peace Spring" and its request for reducing relations with Ankara.

"Why did we accommodate them? They were running away from barrel bombs," he said.

The president also called on leaders to "govern with justice." "We need to have a fair approach for this. Nothing happens with just talking," he added.

Erdoğan also slammed the Muslim nations for not supporting Turkey's plans to resettle refugees in a safe zone.

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