Al-Jazeera correspondent said that Syrian regime forces shelled the perimeter of a Turkish military convoy that arrived in the southern countryside of Idlib, which is witnessing violent confrontations with the armed opposition forces.
The correspondent quoted military sources that the convoy consisted of about 40 military vehicles, including tanks, artillery vehicles and dozens of soldiers.
The sources added that the convoy was subjected to aerial bombardment near Maarat al-Nu'man by the Syrian regime, killing and wounding an opposition faction accompanying the convoy, and wounding two Turkish soldiers.
The sources confirmed to the island that more Turkish reinforcements began to enter after the targeting of the Turkish convoy accompanied by warplanes and reconnaissance aircraft, with the continued heavy shelling of the Syrian regime forces on the road between Maaret al-Nu'man and Khan Sheikhoun in the southern countryside of Idlib.
At this moment, a Turkish military convoy enters the city of Idlib from the southern side to set up checkpoints, in order to stop the attacks of criminal Bashar al-Assad and Russia on civilians and prevent their control over the city. |
A Turkish military source from the Turkish mobile convoy said that Turkish forces would be stationed near Khan Sheikhoun with the aim of establishing two checkpoints to ensure the continued supply of the ninth point in Murk and the tenth point in Sher Maghar in Hama countryside, which could be under siege under the current military operations.
The source pointed out that the Turkish military moves today come within the efforts to stop the progress of the Syrian regime forces, which seek to gnaw new areas in rural Hama and Idlib.
According to sources of the island that the Turkish convoy is in the process of establishing a checkpoint near the city of Khan Sheikhoun.
Earlier in the day, the Syrian regime condemned the entry of the Turkish military convoy to Syria, and state media described the Turkish move as "aggressive behavior of the Turkish regime," stressing that "it will not affect in any way the Syrian army's determination to continue chasing the remnants of terrorists."
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Attempts to break into
Syrian regime forces, backed by Russian special forces, Iranian militias and the Lebanese Hezbollah militia, are trying to storm the city of Khan Sheikhoun from the western side with the continued shelling and movement from the eastern side.
The Syrian opposition forces were able to repel the attack and attempts to storm by detonating two booby-trapped vehicles and strengthening the Western Front and stop the advance of the attacking forces despite the intense aerial bombardment, which has been carried out continuously for more than a dozen warplanes and helicopters.
On Sunday, the first reinforcements from the opposition National Army, located in Aleppo countryside, arrived in the clashes along the fronts of the southern Idlib countryside in coordination with the National Liberation Front.
National Army spokesman Yusuf Hammoud told Al Jazeera that their forces had already reached the confrontation points, entered the battle line alongside the fighting factions in Idlib countryside, pushed with specific forces and weapons to stop the regime's advance and were sending further reinforcements.
The political analyst Firas Fahham - in his talk to the island Net - to "Turkey's conviction that diplomatic and political methods will not push Russia to stop the attack on Hama and Idlib, and that it is necessary to military pressure and strengthen Turkish checkpoints in Mork north of Hama and points southeast of Idlib."
Meanwhile, the German Press Agency reported that Syrian government forces stormed the city of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province on Monday morning after seizing the checkpoint, which is the entrance to the northwestern city.
It quoted a field commander fighting with Syrian regime forces as saying that "the Syrian government forces and groups loyal to them began the process of storming the city of Khan Sheikhoun after the control of the poor checkpoint, known as the checkpoint Mudjan, which is the northwest entrance to the city of Khan Sheikhoun in the southern countryside of Idlib, after fierce battles with The opposition factions suffered heavy casualties and materiel. "
Al-Jazeera correspondent reported that at least one civilian was killed and dozens injured by Syrian and Russian airstrikes targeting Idlib province.
The reporter added that Russian aircraft launched air strikes with high-explosive missiles on the city of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib countryside, which used concussion rockets.
The sources pointed out that the city of Maaret al-Numan alone was exposed to more than ten Russian air strikes with concussion rockets.