The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Hours before Erdogan’s deadline ends, Turkish reinforcements enter the border and more than 3,000 military vehicles and 8,000 Turkish soldiers have entered Syria since the 2nd of February ‎2019

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored today the entry of a Turkish military column from the Kafrluseen border crossing towards Idlib Province, also military columns entered ‎ yesterday from the Khirbet al-Jawz and Kafrluseen crossings and included tanks, artilleries, and troop carriers, rising the number of military vehicles that entered over the past 24 hours to 120.

This comes as Erdogan’s deadline for the Syrian regime to withdraw beyond the Turkish points agreed upon in Sochi ends.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored, during the period from the 2nd of February 2020 until now, more than 3,085 Turkish trucks and military vehicles arrived in Syria, carrying tanks, personnel carriers, armored vehicles, mobile bulletproof guard booths and military radars, while the number of Turkish soldiers deployed in Idlib and Aleppo during the same period were at least 8,000 soldiers.