Russian forces dig trench between SDF and pro-Turkish factions in northeast Syria
HASAKAH, Syria (North Press) – Russian forces continue digging a four-meter deep and five-meter wide trench that separates the areas controlled by pro-Turkish factions and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), according to an informed military source.
The informed source revealed that the digging of the trench started from the village of Kasra, north of the Zarkan district, and currently the digging has been done in village of Khirbet al-Shaair, north of Tel Tamr.
More digging will take place from the village of Tawila, west of Tel Tamr, towards the al-Alia silos along the M4 highway from the south direction, and process of digging with the same depth and width.
This trench is being dug under the auspices of the Russian forces in order to limit the infiltration of pro-Turkish factions into the Autonomous Administration areas or to maintain the ceasefire process, according to the source.
The source added that the process of digging this trench, which is considered a separation wall between the areas controlled by the pro-Turkish factions and SDF areas, is “shattering of the hopes of thousands of people displaced from their villages and regions after the recent attack by Turkey and its armed factions in the Sere Kaniye region and its eastern countryside.”