The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

820 Turkish military units enter the “de-escalation” zone since new ceasefire came into effect

Syrian Observatory activists have reported seeing a new Turkish military column of nearly 70 military vehicles crossing into the Syrian territory via Kafr Lusing border crossing, north of Idlib. As Turkey keeps sending more military reinforcement to NW Syria, the number of Turkish military units which have entered the “de-escalation” zone since the the new ceasefire came into effect, has risen to 820, in addition to the entry of hundreds of soldiers.

From February 2 to date, SOHR activists monitored the entry of more than 4,220 trucks and military vehicles to the Syrian territory, including tanks, personnel carriers, armored vehicles, mobile bulletproof guard booths and military radars. Meanwhile the number of Turkish soldiers who were deployed during the same period in Idlib and Aleppo exceeded 9,200.