The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Turkish military vacates largest outposts in northwest Syria

 

Sharjah 24 – AFP: Turkey on Tuesday withdrew from one of its largest outposts in northwest Syria encircled for the past year by Syrian forces, a war monitor and a pro-Ankara rebel commander said.

The outpost in Morek is Turkey’s largest in the northwest province of Hama, which is now mostly under Syrian government control.

The Syrian Forces encircled it last year following the launch of an offensive against the last major opposition bastion in Syria’s northwest.

“After midnight Turkish forces began to evacuate Morek, and this morning a large convoy left” the area, an Ankara-backed Syrian rebel commander told AFP from Al-Nayrab in neighbouring Idlib province.

The troops will be redeployed to Turkish outposts in Idlib, he said.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the pullout was completed by Tuesday afternoon.

The war monitor said that other observation posts also surrounded by Syrian forces could likewise be evacuated.

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