SOHR: Turkish forces reinforcements in the de-escalation zone

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announced yesterday, Thursday, that the Turkish forces brought reinforcements to their positions in the de-escalation zone.

In addition, he added that 10 trucks loaded with weapons and ammunition arrived at the Turkish military points at Taftanaz airport and Al-Mastouma camp in Idlib countryside.

He revealed that the trucks entered from Turkish territory loaded with qualitative weapons, noting that the reinforcements came in conjunction with Turkish movements taking place in most of the Turkish points in the de-escalation zone and land and air targets near the Turkish points.

In this context, the observatory also mentioned that Russian warplanes bombed the area between the towns of Qaminas and Sarmin, east of Idlib city, where there are Turkish bases in the vicinity, in addition to two air strikes that targeted the town of Majlia and Maarbilit near the city of Ariha on the M4 Aleppo-Latakia road. There is also a Turkish base in the region.

The Turkish forces had established a new military observation point in Jabal al-Zawiya, south of Idlib, close to the contact lines between the Syrian regime forces and the opposition.

With the completion of the establishment of the new point, the number of Turkish forces deployment points in Idlib increased to 79 military bases and points, according to the de-escalation zones agreement in northwestern Syria.