As Turkish forces continue evacuating their military and observation posts in regime-controlled areas, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported new Turkish vehicles leaving the besieged post in Al-Tuqan in Idlib countryside. The vehicles have headed to the Turkish posts in Jabal Al-Zawiyah, where the region experience frequent movements by Turkish forces, along with boosting several posts.

On December 18, the Syrian Observatory highlighted all Turkish withdrawals from observation posts in areas annexed recently by regime forces, as out of 12 main Turkish posts in north-western Syria region, Turkish forces have completely evacuated the following five posts:

Murek and Shir Mghar in Hama countryside

Anadan and Al-Rashideen in Aleppo countryside

Al-Saraman in Idlib countryside.

According to SOHR, Turkish forces were also preparing to withdraw from three other main posts in Al-Eis, Al-Sheikh Oqail in Aleppo countryside, and Al-Tuqan in Idlib countryside, as troops stationed there were packing up and dismantling equipment. The three posts were expected to be evacuated in the following few hours and days.

Four other main Turkish posts out of regime-controlled areas are the following:

Ishtabraq in the west of Jisr Al-Shughur

Al-Zaytounah in Jabal Al-Turkman

Salwah in the northern countryside of Idlib

Qalla’at Sam’an in the western countryside of Aleppo.

As for the recently-established Turkish posts, SOHR activists reported that Turkish forces completely withdrew from the following four posts: Maar Hattat and Al-Sena’a in the east of Saraqeb in rural Idlib, Al-Kurani factory in Al-Zarbah, and Qubaytan Al-Jabal in Aleppo countryside. Furthermore, Turkish forces continued dismantling equipment in Al-Duwayr post in northern Saraqeb in preparations to evacuate it.

SOHR noted that Turkish forces are still stationed in several posts established recently in regime-controlled areas, including the grain warehouse in the south of Saraqeb, Al-Sayromat factory in northern Saraqeb, Tarnabeh in western Saraqeb, and another post in Aleppo countryside near Kafr Halab.