The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

A large column of tens of Turkish military vehicles enters Idlib heading towards areas controlled by Nur al-Din al-Zenki Movement adjacent to Afrin

The Syrian Observatory for human rights learned that a large military column entered the Syrian territory, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory: a column of tens of military vehicles carrying tens of members and officers of the Turkish forces has entered Idlib Province from the border area of Kafr Luseen, and it headed towards Sheikh Aqil area which is controlled by Nur al-Din al-Zenki Movement in the western countryside of Aleppo, where these forces are expected to be deployed in Sheikh Aqil area adjacent to areas controlled by YPG in Afrin, also a column of the Turkish forces has entered on the 7th of December 2017 from Kafr Luseen border crossing with Turkey to the Syrian territory, in a continuation for the operation of moving the Turkish vehicles towards their position sites inside Syria and around Afrin area, also a military column belongs to the Turkish forces has entered the Syrian territory this evening from Kafrluseen border area with Iskenderun, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory: this column includes tens of armored vehicles, heavy vehicles and members, and is considered the largest in terms of vehicles and members among the columns of the Turkish Forces that have entered the Syrian territory until now, it worth mentioning that the Syrian Observatory has published on the evening of the 18th of October 2017 that Areas in the Syrian north are witnessing the continued entry of Turkish vehicles to the areas where the previously entered forces have positioned in in the vicinity of Afrin area, adjacent to YPG-controlled sites in the countryside of Aleppo, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights received information that several Turkish military vehicles have entered the Syrian territory through Atmah crossing, and headed towards Darat Azza area in the western countryside of Aleppo, while the Syrian Observatory published on the 15th of October 2017 that the military reinforcements of machines and forces continue entering for the Turkish Forces in the northern Syrian territory, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights received information from several intersected sources that several Turkish machines had entered the Syrian territory in the countryside of Idlib through Kafrluseen border area, which witnessed previously seen killing by the snipers of the Turkish border guards of citizens who were passing near the border or who tried to cross to the Turkish side, and the military vehicles headed towards the areas in which the Turkish forces -who had entered in the past few days- had positioned.