In response to worries about a Turkish ground invasion, Russia sent reinforcement soldiers to a region of northern Syria controlled by Kurdish militants and government forces on Wednesday, according to locals and a war monitor.
The action of the Damascus ally A week after a fatal attack in Istanbul that it attributed to Kurdish militants—who have since claimed responsibility—Moscow intervenes after Ankara conducted airstrikes on Kurdish targets in Syria and Iraq on November 20.
AFP was informed by locals in Tal Rifaat, a Kurdish-held area north of Aleppo, that Russian army reinforcements had arrived.
Nine miles or 15 kilometers to the south of Turkiye’s border is Tal Rifaat. The city and the nearby towns are under the hands of Kurdish forces, and Russian troops were already stationed there.
Locals said that the Russian military had
