A Turkish army tank stationed near the Syrian border, in Suruc, Turkey, Sept. 3, 2016. (AP Photo)
Turkey has denied all reports claiming that its observation post in the northwestern part of Syria’s Hama was subjected to a series of airstrikes.
A Turkish security source told the state-run Anadolu Agency on August 28 that the claims of airstrikes on the post “do not reflect the truth.”
The observation post in northwestern Hama is located near the town of Sheir Magher. The post was established last year in the framework of the Astana Process.
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Syrian opposition activists, and some news outlets, claimed that Russian or Syrian warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes on the Turkish post’s outskirt. Some sources even went as far as claiming that the airstrike targeted the post itself.
These claims were likely meant to spark a conflict between Russia and Turkey, which are actively cooperating to secure Greater Idlib.
