Erdogan violates agreement with Putin to reinvigorate ISIS

Aya Ezz

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues to provoke the international community by violating international laws and agreements that he concluded with Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the buffer zone in northern Syria, specifically in Idlib, where he used the method of displaying muscles and illegally imposing force in that region after a military convoy entered the buffer zone in Idlib, according to reports from the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. SANA added that the Turkish military convoy crossed into the de-escalation zone from the Kafr Losin border crossing north of Idlib on Monday, August 10.

Persistent violations

The convoy consisted of more than 20 trucks carrying logistical and military supplies, bringing the number of Erdogan’s vehicles that have entered Syrian territory since the start of the new ceasefire to 5,300 vehicles, in addition to thousands of soldiers, according to the Syrian Observatory.

Despite the agreement with Russia to de-escalate in northern Syria, Erdogan has persisted with his violations, increasing the number of Turkish trucks and military vehicles to more than 8,600 since February 2.

These vehicles carry tanks, carriers, soldiers, armored vehicles, mobile guard booths and military radars, and the number of Turkish soldiers who have deployed in Idlib and Aleppo during that period reached more than 11,550.

While Turkey continues to transfer forces to Syria, the pro-Turkish terrorist groups are also continuing to violate the rights of citizens, robbing shops and homes and forcing citizens to pay royalties. According to the Observatory, the pro-Turkish Sultan Murad Division confiscated the remaining properties in the villages of Leilan and Arbaeen in the countryside of Tal Tamer.

ISIS

Turkish forces launched a major military offensive in northern Syria amid international criticism and fears that the attack could cause a revival of ISIS, which was defeated at the beginning of the year by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

The Syrian Observatory confirmed that Turkey’s terrorist attacks widen the field for ISIS to spread again in Syria.

Turkey and its terrorist militias took control of Kurdish areas, including a 120-km long border area, since the start of Ankara’s military operation in northern Syria, which caused hundreds of deaths and displaced 300,000 people, according to the Syrian Observatory.

The Observatory stated that Turkey used armed terrorist groups to invade northern Syria in exchange for facilitating kidnappings, arrests, thefts, looting and plundering against the remaining people of Afrin and areas northwest of Aleppo.