Turkey sent a convoy of about 30 military vehicles into rebel-held northwest Syria through the Bab al-Hawa crossing in Idlib, rebels and a witness said. The army said its forces in Syria were conducting operations in line with rules of engagement agreed with Russia and Iran. However, the deployment is also intended to rein in the Kurdish YPG militia, which holds the adjacent Afrin region, a senior rebel official involved in the operation said. Turkish soldiers stand guard in front of a wall along the border between Turkey and Syria in Reyhanli, Hatay province, Turkey, October 13, 2017. Last year, Turkey launched the Euphrates Shield operation, an incursion into northern Syria alongside Syrian rebel groups to take territory on the frontier from Islamic State.

Source: bd News24 October 13, 2017 09:56 UTC