Turkish Army Embarks on Forced Recruitment in Northern Syria

The Kurdish-language Hawar news reported that the Turkish soldiers have forced young people in al-Sha'hba region to join the newly-formed Ankara-backed Nation Security Police.

Also, a local source said that the Turkish army has embarked on forced recruitment based on its exploiting policy in the region whose people are suffering from severe poverty.

The source further said that the Turkish army pays 800 Turkish lira to each person that joins the National Security Police, adding that the Turkish army has recently forced fifty young people in the town of Qabasin Northeast of the town of al-Bab to join the Police.

Dissident-affiliated websites reported on Saturday that the Turkish Army forwarded another military column to Western Aleppo to enhance its forces for an imminent operation against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Afrin.

The news websites reported that another convoy of the Turkish military vehicles left the village of Kafr Loseen and crossed the border into Syria's Idlib.

The websites further said that the convoy, consisting of several personnel carriers and cargo vehicles and engineering machinery, moved to the positions of the Turkish army troops in Afrin region in Western Aleppo.