<p>Ankara [Turkey], Sep 02 (ANI): Turkey has added \'Tahrir al-Sham\' to the list of the terrorist groups.</p><p>This comes after the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a decree in compliance with United Nations Security Council resolution on counter-terrorism financing, reported Sputnik.</p><p>Tahrir al-Sham came into being after another terrorist organisation called the Nusra Front was joined by several smaller Islamist groups.</p><p>The Idlib province in Syria is controlled by Tahrir al-Islam and the Syrian forces are planning an offensive to eradicate the terrorist group from the region.</p><p>A potential military operation in the Idlib province, which is currently covered by the de-escalation zone agreement (between Russia, Turkey, and Iran) is in talks between Turkey and Russia.(ANI)</p><br/><center><em><p>This story has not been edited. It has been published as provided by ANI</p></em></center>
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