Turkish Army Continues Dispatching Military Hardware to Northern Syria

The sources said that a convoy of Turkish troops, including several military and armored vehicles, has arrived in Harem region in Northern Syria via the village of al-Haamezeh.

The sources further said that the Turkish convoy has been deployed near the village of Kafr Houm in Northern Idlib, adding that the convoy will possibly move towards Turkish army’s truce-monitoring points in Southern and Western Idlib.

In the meantime, Turkish sources reported on Monday that the Turkish Army sent more convoys of tanks, personnel carrier vehicles and cannons to Hatay near the border with Syria.

The sources further said that 30,000 Turkish forces have deployed in regions occupied by the Operation Euphrates Shield and Operation Olive Branch forces as well as Idlib province.

Meanwhile, the Syrian Army’s artillery and missile units have been pounding terrorists’ positions in Northern Hama and Southern Idlib, paving the way for launching a major operation in Northwestern Syria.

A Turkish-language paper claimed on Monday that the Turkish army put over 50,000 gunmen of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) on alert to use them in the battlefields against the Syrian Army troops in Idlib province.

Yeni Safak daily claimed that the Turkish army kept more than 50,000 FSA terrorists on alert in Afrin, Azaz, Jarabulus, al-Bab and al-Rai regions to further sent them to battle against the Syrian government forces’ operation in Idlib province.

It further said that 30,000 FSA gunmen are in regions under the occupation of the Operation Euphrates Shield and Operation Olive Branch forces, “and a sum 20,000 FSA fighters are to be transferred to Idlib to counter the Damascus forces’ upcoming operation”.

The daily went on to say that Turkish army has urged its allied militants to report the exact number of their gunmen and volume of arms and ammunition.

It said that the Turkish army has in recent days sent a number of cannons and missile launchpads to the borders with Syria and has reinvigorated its forces’ combat capabilities.