Turkish forces fell nearly 1,000 trees to expand base in Syria’s Azaz
ALEPPO, Syria (North Press) – Turkish forces uprooted on Sunday nearly 1,000 trees in the vicinity of its military base in the town of Kaljibrin, near the city of Azaz, north of Syria’s Aleppo, with the aim of expanding it.
An exclusive source told North Press that the trees were uprooted to expand the base in the town and establishing a garage and a meeting hall.
The uprooted trees were gathered and the owners of those trees were instructed to collect them. One of the owners of those lands reportedly suffered a heart attack as a result of the uprooting process.
The source indicated that the uprooting was carried out by bulldozers belonging to the Turkish forces, which were located within the base in Kaljibrin.
In 2018, the Turkish forces established a base on an area of about 35 acres (or 35,000 square meters) of agricultural land in Kaljibrin, according to the source.
Since their military intervention in Syria in 2016, the Turkish forces have established more than 70 military points in the governorates of Idlib, Aleppo, Hama and Latakia.
Those areas are witness to regular shelling and clashes between the Turkish-backed opposition militias and government forces.
Turkey launched three military operations against northern and northeastern regions in Syria. The first was the so-called ‘Euphrates Shield’ operation in 2016, which led to the occupation of Jarablus and al-Bab; the second was dubbed ‘Olive Branch’ in 2018 and occupied Afrin region; while the third was named ‘Peace Spring’ in 2019 which resulted in the occupation of the two cities of Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain) and Tel Abyad.