A source told the Russian news agency Sputnik that “the news that the Syrian army has sent military reinforcements to the lines of contact with the Turkish occupiers in the northwestern part of Hasaka, in the north of the country, is not true.”

He concluded that “everything that is spreading is false, and no reinforcements have been sent to the lines of contact so far.”

Over the past two days, news has spread that the Syrian army has sent military reinforcements to the north of the country to counter any possible Turkish military operation in the area. The commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces, Mazlum Abdi, also said that they had decided to send additional forces for the Syrian army in Kobani and Manbij, and this work is moving forward and developing, stressing that the Syrian army forces will participate along with the SDF in containing the Turkish military operation.

This happened after Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said that Ankara was ready to launch a new military operation in northern Syria, which could begin at any moment.