BREAKING: Pro-Syrian government forces have begun entering #Afrin in northern Syria, state TV reports. pic.twitter.com/ya1XixC15o
Badran Jia Kurd, an advisor to the Kurdish-led administration in northern Syria told Reuters that Syrian troops will deploy along several border positions and could enter the region within the next two days: “we can cooperate with any side that lends us a helping hand in light of the barbaric crimes and the international silence,” Jia Kurd said.
We didn’t have long to wait for this escalation to unfold, and moments ago a convoy of fighters waving Syrian flags entered the northern Kurdish-held region of Afrin, which Turkey is targeting in a cross-border operation, according to footage on Syrian state TV shows.
UPDATE: Footage of troops in #Afrin now airing on state TV. pic.twitter.com/zJfrjhIK68
The pro-government fighters were filmed entering the village of Nubul in some 20 pickup trucks. As Bloomberg adds, Rami Abdurrahman, head of the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the war through activists on the ground, also confirmed the movement.
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