Delivery of weapons and equipment, sent from Turkey, presumably, helped the insurgents to create "air defense battalion", which became part of the pro-Turkish coalition "Dzhebhat Watani al-lil-Tahrir".
Turkish troops pass militants from the banned Russian group "Hayat Tahrir al-Sham," a significant part of weapons and equipment, which was transferred to the province of Idlib in Syria. As noted FAN, also of particular concern supplies to terrorists anti-aircraft missile systems from the United States.
Over the past week in the area of de-escalation idlibskoy two cases were reported, when helicopters were shot down by the Syrian Arab Army. One incident occurred in the north-west of the recently freed from militants city Serakib. The second attack on a Syrian helicopter happened in the west of Aleppo, far from Kabtan aly-Dzhebelya. As a result, in both cases, the crews were killed.
Media sources reported armed groups, that it was created by "air defense battalion", who joined the pro-Turkish coalition "Dzhebhat Watani al-lil-Tahrir". There is a possibility, that it was due to supply MANPADS to militants complex "Hayat Tahrir al-Sham".
Notably, that Ankara favors the introduction of a no-fly zone over the territory of Idlib. Such measures are justified where the, so that it will be possible to keep the action CAA. 14 February, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, that SAR aircraft would not be able to operate in this region as freely, like before.
