Turkish President Erdogan welcomes EU chief Von der Leyen for talks on Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen ahead of talks in Ankara on Tuesday.

The talks come after the EU Commission announced the launch of an air bridge operation to deliver an initial 50 tonnes of health supplies to Syria via Turkiye.

According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs agency, more than a million people, mostly women and children, have been newly displaced in Syria.