Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Russia has information that Turkey’s military is entrenched a few hundred yards inside Syrian territory to prevent Kurdish groups from strengthening their positions.
In an interview with Russian REN TV broadcast on Sunday, Lavrov calls the move part of Turkey’s “creeping expansion” in northern Syria.
He said: “According to our information, they are digging in a few hundred meters from the border inside Syria.”
Lavrov said he had seen the reports of Turkish tanks on the border, but gave no further details about Turkey’s military presence in the Syrian war.
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Meanwhile, also inside Syria, U.S.-backed Syrian rebels said Sunday that al Qaeda militants have seized their bases and stolen weapons in a series of raids in the northern Idlib province.
Division 13 of the Free Syrian Army said on Twitter Sunday that the al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front occupied and looted its posts late the night before.
