Turkish military vehicles entered Syria’s rebel bastion of Idlib Tuesday after militants snubbed an agreement between Turkey and Russia for the creation of a buffer zone in the northwestern Syrian province.
The 30-strong convoy of vehicles entered the province “overnight,” AFP reported Monday, describing the vehicles as those used for transporting troops.
The convoy was accompanied by pro-Ankara militants of the National Liberation Front (NLF), who control part of the enclave on the Turkish border.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based activist group, said the forces deployed to several Turkish positions around the northwestern province.
Erdogan said both Turkey and Russia would carry out coordinated military patrols on the borders of the buffer zone in a bid to detect and prevent “provocation by third parties and violations of the agreement.”
On Sunday, however, Turkish-backed militants rejected to either lay down their arms or surrender the territory under their control.
Source: Agencies
