The Turkish television station Haberturk reported that the military sent 300 trucks carrying APCs, SAWs and ammunition to their observation posts in Idlib, Syria.
According to the channel, military equipment has been transferred to the Syrian border for further transfer to the de-escalation zone in Idlib.
In the last two weeks Turkish media reported that Ankara is actively moving special forces and military equipment to the border with Syrian Idlib.
Earlier Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Moscow and Damascus of striking civilians in Idlib and said Ankara intends to attack Syrian troops even outside the de-escalation zone if Damascus continues its offensive.
According to the agreement reached in May 2017 at the negotiations in Astana (now Nur-Sultan) by representatives of Russia, Iran and Turkey, four de-escalation zones were created in Syria. The territory of three of these zones was taken over by Damascus in 2018. The fourth zone, located in the province of Idlib and parts of the neighbouring provinces of Latakia, Hama and Aleppo, remains outside the government’s control. However, most of it was captured by terrorists from the group Jabhat al-Nusra, which is banned in the Russian Federation. In September 2018, Russia and Turkey agreed in Sochi to create a demilitarized zone in Idlib, where more than a dozen different formations are located.