Spotlight on Global Jihad (November 1-7, 2018) | The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center

Russian spokesmen and the Turkish foreign minister announced that the implementation of the Sochi Agreement (between Russia and Turkey) was proceeding as planned, without significant interruptions. In practice, the Headquarters for the Liberation of Al-Sham and other jihadi organizations refused to leave the demilitarized zone, and its establishment is still fraught with difficulty. It appears that the optimistic statements were designed to buy additional time in order to prevent or at least postpone, insofar as possible, the launching of a Syrian army campaign to take over the Idlib region.