On May 9, a convoy of the Turkish Army, consisting of 60 armored vehicles, bulldozers and trucks, entered the district of al-Rashidin, 1km west of the city of Aleppo, according to Syrian opposition sources.
The Turkish Anadolu Agency and the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)-lined news agency Iba’a confirmed that the mission of the Turkish Army convoy is to establish a new observation post in al-Rashidin in order to monitor the de-escalation zone around Aleppo city.
Since the beginning of 2018, the Turkish Army has established five observation posts in the towns of Andan and al-Eis in Aleppo governorate, in the towns of Tell Tuqan and Sarman in Idlib governorate, and in Murak town in the northern Hama countryside.
Russia, Iran and Turkey agreed on establishing these observation posts during the Astana talks, according to Anadolu Agency. Tukey’s Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin revealed that twelve observation posts will be established in northern Syria under the Astana agreement.
Syrian pro-government sources reported that the Russian military had established several positions east of the new Turkish observation post in the al-Rashidin district to secure the western part of Aleppo city.
Local observers believe that the new Turkish observation post and the Russian military’s positions will put an end to aggressive activities of HTS there. The radical group has carried out dozens of hit and run attacks from its positions in al-Rashidin on SAA positions in the western part of Aleppo city, since early 2017.
Syria is free for all Come come grab , the more the merrier?
This is getting stupid now, buck up Russia…..Israel is moving some decent stuff into the Golan heights (not mentioned on here yet) including Iron Dome anti air missiles – so now the bastards are North, East and South….
“Israel military chief visited Golan Heights. Israel Defence Forces has deployed military vehicles, troops several Iron Dome rocket defence batteries on the Golan Heights in light of current tensions “….
….. meanwhile they fly the skies of Syria freely – ++++++ “Deir al-Azur Western countryside: coalition jets are flying over the western countryside of Deir al-Zour”…..
WTF is going on ?
Russian, Iran and indeed NK need to wake up, they will be attacked sometime – but they have the upper hand now. Enough of the diplomatic nonsense and stand up for yourselves now.
Blimey, I have changed my tune …!!
It’s about time, hopefully Putin will change his tune too before it’s too late.
Going a little bit “Conspiracy” but what do you make of turkey, Russia and Irans ideas on the Turkish observation posts? Maybe an upcoming Turkish operation Idlibstan? We all know Erdoğan would stab his own grandmother in the back, so why not HTS? They’re attacking Erdoğan proxies in idlib for territory so maybe these observation posts are where Turkey will start it’s operations.
Yemen and Syria are up for grabs… Civil wars are good for neighboring countries
This is a land grab by Erdogan. At least 3, maybe 4 of these 12 OB posts were erected without Putin’s approval and none of them with Assad’s approval. The ones erected at Murak, Jarjanaz and Tall Tuqan halted the very successful SAA operations in Idlib and caused the SAA to pack up and leave for Ghouta, instead of continuing what should have been a major victory for the SAA in Idlib. Putin was furious straight after this happened and he made that speech about invincible nukes during his address to the nation, in the angriest mood I’ve ever seen him in. All the media believed he was directing those comments towards the US for it’s failure to renew the treaty but I know exactly what he was saying, he was telling Erdogan that if he did something like that again he would make him pay the price. But Erdogan didn’t listen and he never will, just like Trump didn’t listen when Putin warned him not to attack Syria for the second time and instead dared Putin to retaliate, which he didn’t of course. At the beginning of Erdogan’s and the SLF’s campaign in Idlib he stated he would go on to take all of Aleppo as well as Idlib and then head east to take on the Kurds and the US, or have we all forgotten that. Erdogan’s not playing by Putin’s rules, he never has and he never will. As to HTS and their agreement with Erdogan, that’s finished, the SLF hot heads couldn’t help themselves and started fighting against HTS before Erdogan was ready to do it himself, which he would have, and now their at war. Some good news for the SAA at last. At the beginning of Russia’s involvement in this war Putin made his first and biggest mistake, it set a precedent for everything else that has happened since, and is the very reason the western powers FALSELY believe Putin will only ever act halfheartedly to protect Syria it’s ally, and why they continually push him to the limit. His big mistake was not to PUT BOOTS ON THE GROUND at the very beginning, it’s as simple as that. I know a lot of people would argue with that but I believe it’s the root cause of all Syria’s problems ATM, the first sign of weakness is always the first thing a predator looks for, and they found it in Putin’s resolve. Putin won’t lose this war, but he will be standing on the smoking ruins, of what was once a beautiful country, with the smell of dead flesh in his nostrils, that’s a real pity. Before the war, I believed the Russian media was right to call Putin a “HE MAN”, when the war started I just laughed when they called him “HE MAN”, now I vomit when they call him “HE MAN”, how can they call a scared little girl “HE MAN”.