Turkish military reinforcement arrives in ‘de-escalation’ zone as regime forces capture more than 13 areas near Aleppo

SOHR sources report that a Turkish column entered today from Kafr Losin crossing, consisting of 60 different military vehicles, including artillery and tanks, while Turkish vehicles were stationed in the border town of Sarmada with Iskenderun region. At a time where regime forces and loyalists made advance in western Aleppo, tightening the siege of the largest towns in northwest of Aleppo city.

The Syrian Observatory had mentioned the locations where Turkish forces are stationed in “Putin-Erdogan” area. The number of Turkish posts in “de-escalation” zone reached 34 posts, (Salwa, Qalaat Semaan, Al-Sheikh Aqeel, Tal al-Ais, Tal Touqan, Sarman, Jabal Anadan, Al-Zaytouna, Murk, Rashidin Janoubya, Sher Maghar and Ishtabraq. In addition to new posts, (Anadan, Al Rashidin, Ma’arhatat, three posts in Saraqeb, Tarnabeh, Al-Nayrab, Al-Mughir, Qminas, Sarmin, Taftanaz airport, Ma’rat Al-Na’asan, Al-Jina, Kafr Karmin, Twameh, regiment 111, Al-Mastuma camp, Tarmanin, Al-Atarib, Dara Izza and Sarmda).

From February 2 to date, the number of trucks and military vehicles that have arrived in “de-escalation” zone reached 2,160 Turkish truck and military vehicle entered Syrian territory, carrying tanks, personnel carriers, armoured vehicles, mobile bulletproof guard booths and military radars, while more than 7,000 Turkish soldiers were deployed in Idlib and Aleppo during this period.