New Turkish Military Convoy Sent to Syrian Borders

A Turkish military convoy was sent to the borders with Syria to reinforce its positions in occupied Afrin region in Syria's Aleppo province.

News ID: 71091

Date: 05 July 2018 - 20:22

TEHRAN (Defapress)-Turkish news sources reported on Thursday that a large number of military equipment was transferred from Sanliurfa region to Gaziantep in Southern Turkey.

They added that the military convoy consisted of 30 military vehicles and personnel carriers moving from Gaziantep to the borders in Syria.

Syrian field sources also underlined that the military convoy was sent to reinforce the Turkish army positions in occupied Afrin.

The Turkish army is now training 1,000 affiliated forces in Northern Syria to be used in 'Afrin police'.

The development came as the Kurdish militants have expressed willingness to cooperate with the Syrian government to force the occupying Turkish forces out of the Northern parts of the country.

Field sources referred to the Turkish army's continued occupation of Northern Syria, and said that the Kurdish forces fully agree with the Syrian government's position to drive them out of occupied lands.

Meantime, Sihanouk Dibo, a senior adviser to the Syrian Kurdish leader Salih Muslim in Qamishli, told the Arabic website of RT news channel on Tuesday that Turkey continues its occupation of Afrin, Jarabulus, al-Bab and certain areas in Idlib in Northern Syria, stressing the need for cooperation between the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the Damascus government to retake sovereignty of Syrian territories.

Meantime, analysts said that the Turkish army's occupation of Northern Syria means interfering in another country's affairs, and meantime increases tensions in the region.

Earlier reports said that the Turkish army has declared the need for trading in Turkish lira in the towns of A'azaz and al-Bab in occupied Northern Aleppo, adding that Turkish ID cards have also been issued for the residents of Afrin region as refugees.

The Syrian government has several times announced that the presence of foreign forces in the Syrian territories without Damascus agreement was illegal and they are considered as occupying forces.

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