HUNDREDS of jihadists from Syria’s Idlib have reportedly arrived in Ukraine via Turkey, aiming to fight Russia.

Relatives of fighters with the Tahrir al-Sham group (formerly known as al-Nusra and the dominant force in a Turkish-backed regime in north-east Syria) said that Turkey had allowed passage for around 450 militants.

Idlib, one of the last parts of Syria not reconquered by the Bashar al-Assad government, has concentrated jihadist fighters who fled from the advancing Syrian Arab Army elsewhere.