The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Turkish columns enter the Syrian territory and head to be stationed in their observation posts in Jisr Al-Shughur and in the triangle of Idlib – Latakia – north-west of Hama

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the entry of a Turkish military column sources said that it is a Turkish military patrol with the purpose of monitoring the demilitarized areas, where it entered from Kherbet Eljoz in the northern countryside of Idlib, and headed to the Turkish observation post in Eshtabraq in Jisr Al-Shughur countryside, then to the Turkish posts in Sahl Al-Ghab, and the Syrian Observatory published on Friday the 15th of March 2019, that it monitored the entry of vehicles of the Turkish Forces into the Syrian territory through Kafrluseen border crossing with Iskenderun, and the vehicles which include about 4 armored vehicles as well as logistic equipment and soldiers, went to the Turkish point in al-Sarman and Tal al-Toqan in the countryside of Maarrat al-Nu’man city, and the Syrian Observatory published on Wednesday morning that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the entry of a new military column of the Turkish forces into the Syrian territory, on Wednesday the 13th of March 2019, the column includes vehicles carrying forces and logistic equipment, and headed towards the Turkish observation post in Shir Mghar in the western sector of Hama countryside, amid information that Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham received the observation posts in the vicinity of Shir Mghar and extracting them from the pro-Turkish National Liberation Front, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 6th of March 2019 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored at dawn of today the entry of a Turkish forces’ column, via Khirbat al-Joz crossing in the northwest countryside of Idlib towards the Syrian territory, where the 11-vehicles column is believed to include supply and came to carry out a switch operations for the members, it headed towards the checkpoints in Ishtabraq and Shir Mghar in Sahl al-Ghab at the northwestern countryside of Hama, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 1st of March 2019 that Turkish forces continue to bring their military columns towards their observation posts in the Syrian north, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the entry of a military convoy into the Syrian territory, which includes about 70 vehicles and carry logistic equipment and soldiers just before midnight of yesterday, where the column headed to the Turkish points in Morek at the northern countryside of Hama and al-Sarman in the countryside of Maarrat al-Nu’man city, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 24th of February 2019, that the Turkish Forces continue to run columns to the Syrian interior in order to increase the fortification of their 12 points, where several trucks containing prefabricated houses entered the Turkish point in al-Sarman town at the eastern countryside of Maarrat al-Nu’man in the southeastern sector of Idlib countryside, after monitoring the entry of a column Turkish Forces bring new military convoy of soldiers and logistic equipment to one of their points in Idlib countryside, and this came after the Syrian Observatory published this morning about the entry of a new Turkish Forces convoy into the Syrian territory after midnight of yesterday, where about 20 vehicles carrying forces and logistic equipment entered to the Turkish points in al-Sarman area in the countryside of Maarrat al-Nu’man city in the southern countryside of Idlib, while the Syrian Observatory published yesterday that Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the entry of trucks Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey loaded with prefabricated rooms, and it headed towards the Turkish observation posts in the countryside of Hama and Idlib, as part of the continuous entry of Turkish columns and fortifying their checkpoints in areas of control of the faction and the outskirts of areas of control of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 14th of February 2019 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the entry of a new Turkish column to the Syrian territory after midnight of yesterday, where about 20 military vehicles of the Turkish Forces entered the Turkish point in Shir Magar area in the northern countryside of Hama, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 9th of February 2019 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the entry of several trucks contain cement blocks from Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey north of Syria; to the Turkish observation posts in the southern countryside of Idlib and the northern countryside of Hama, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 6th of February 2019 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the entry of a military column of the Turkish forces to the observation post in al-Sarman village in the eastern countryside of Maarrat al-Nu’man, to switch the members at the point and provide them with materials, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 4th of February 2019 that the Turkish Forces continue to fortify their points in the Syrian north, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the entry of several trucks loaded with cement blocks to the Turkish observation post in al-Sarman area in the countryside of Maarrat al-Nu’man south of Idlib, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 31st of January 2019 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the entry of about 7 trucks loaded with concrete blocks to the Turkish point in al-Sarman area in the eastern countryside of Idlib, as part of the continuation of construction and fortification by the Turkish forces of its 12 points distributed in the Syrian north, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 23rd of January 2019 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the departure of tens of Turkish vehicles from Morek area in the northern sector of Hama countryside, towards the Turkish observation posts at the location of Shir Mghar in Jabal Shashabo in the northwestern sector of Hama country, where reliable sources confirmed that the column switched the military forces and then headed towards Bab al-Hawa on the Syrian – Turkish border, and witnesses confirmed that the convoy is one of the largest that moved in areas of presence of the factions operating in Idlib, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 17th of January 2018 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the entry of several truckloads of cement blocks to the Turkish observation posts in al-Serman town in the eastern countryside of Maarrat al-Nu’man in the southeastern countryside of Idlib, and this batch comes within the supply chain to the Turkish posts spread in several areas at the Syrian north, and this is the third convoy to enter after Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham controlled about 9000 km² of the provinces of Aleppo, Latakia, Idlib, and Hama.

While the Syrian Observatory published on the 14th of January 2018 that Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the entry of trucks loaded with concrete blocks to the observation post of the Turkish forces in al-Sarman area in the eastern countryside of Idlib, in a continuous process by the Turkish forces to fortify their points and provide them with equipment, in addition to switch the forces between Syria and Turkey, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 12th of January 2018 that Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that a new column of the Turkish forces entered the Syrian territory after the midnight of Friday – Saturday via Kherbet Eljoz crossing point west of Idlib, where it directed to the Turkish post in Eshtabraq in Jisr Al-Shughur, where the post has been enhanced and witnessed rotation of its members, and this is the first entry of a Turkish column to the Syrian territory, after the violent and bloody fighting which left tens of casualties of citizens and fighters of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham and of the National Liberation Front, while the Syrian Observatory published on the 30th of December 2018, that a Turkish military convoy entered the Syrian territory before the midnight of yesterday, Saturday, through Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Iskenderun north of Idlib, where the 20-vehicles column headed to the Turkish observation post in al-Sarman area on the outskirts of Maarrat al-Nu’man countryside.