About 400 Turkish troops deployed in the Turkish-created zone in northwestern Syria are likely to be relocated to northern Iraq to fight new operations against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), credible sources at the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
“Four hundred Turkish soldiers have prepared their luggage and completed their preparations to withdraw from the de-escalation zone as part of an initial batch that will leave the area,” the sources said.
There are more than 13,500 Turkish troops deployed at 60 military bases throughout the de-escalation zone in Idlib and the countryside of Aleppo, Hama and Latakia.
Last year, the Turkish military carried out ground and air strikes against the PKK in northern Iraq.
Meanwhile, Syrian regime forces have targeted areas in the southern Idlib countryside and dropped artillery shells on the villages of Al-Ankawy and Al-Fatatra in the Sahl Al-Ghab area.
Also in the past three days, the Turkish army and factions of mercenaries and jihadists of the Syrian National Army (SNA) loyal to Ankara have stepped up their attacks in the Tal Tamr countryside north of Hasaka, a Kurdish-held area in Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
The bombing damaged cables and caused power outages in the area.
SNA factions fired artillery shells at Dardara, Tal Shanan and Tal Jumaa villages in the Tal Tamr countryside, with no reports of casualties.
Petros Kranias
Source: Capital
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