A few days ago the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that, Turkey on its own would create a security zone in northern Syria. According to Erdogan, it is necessary to ensure the safety of Turkish borders and the return of refugees in the SAR.
The same day, the Minister of Defense of Turkey Hulusi Akar, speaking at Istanbul University of National Defense, He stated, that about 10 thousands of troops will be able to provide patrols along the entire length created in the north of the security zone Syria.
According Akara, Turkey intends to complete the defeat of the terrorists LIH (*banned in Russia) on the east bank of the Euphrates. but it began, if you believe the summaries, with the defeat of the Turkish Special Forces.
So, Chinese information resources Sohu writes, that the best of the special squad of Turkish Armed Forces, force the Euphrates in northern SAR (probably, east manbij), He was defeated by "different forces", including LIH. In total, the squad, which the, probably, on a mission reconnaissance nature, It was about 30 soldiers of the Turkish army. According to others, we are talking about a few units of the Turkish Special Forces. In this case Chinese portal referenced publications, made by militants in the controlled accounts in social networks. Militants claim LIH, they attacked a group of Turkish military. 12 human, as stated, killed.
also added, that the other representatives of the Turkish Special Forces Group were captured.
Sohu recalls, what in 2017 , the Turkish special forces have suffered defeat in the north of Syria. Then the squad rapid response was ambushed, arranged by Kurdish armed groups, US-backed.
Official comments from the Turkish authorities of the losses on the eastern bank of the Euphrates in Syria yet.
