The Sputnik news agency reported, citing a Syrian field source, that “the Syrian army is strengthening its positions and forces, as well as fortifying its fortifications in exchange for Turkish forces to send military reinforcements to the city of Azaz in northern Aleppo.” explaining that “Turkish forces brought tankers and columns of armored personnel carriers, as well as pickup trucks equipped with heavy machine guns, into Azaz.

The source indicated that “the Turkish occupying forces included armed men from the city of Afrin in northern Aleppo and a number of surrounding areas associated with the Northern Storm Brigade, which is estimated at more than 2,500 militants,” stressing that “these reinforcements are not the first one they entered. Turkey in Azaz.

He reported that “the front that the Turkish forces are strengthening extends from the cities of Kafr Hasher, Kaljibrin, Mare, Azaz, Maryam and Jalbal”, and said that “the Syrian army is also strengthening its positions, forces and fortifications in the area, and in in the event of any attack, we will resist it.”