The Iranian Operations Command in northern Syria issues an important statement on the clashes with Turkey

“Commenting on the clash between the Syrian Arab Army and the Turkish army days ago, it is important for us to inform the public opinion of the following:

1) We participated and supported the Syrian Arab Army, at the request of the Syrian state to open the M5 road, with a Syrian force managed by elements of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and Hezbollah, and with the participation of factions of the resistance within the force, and services were provided to civilians and the people of the liberated villages after their liberation.

2) The armed men attacked (protected by the Turkish army), the focal points of the Syrian army, so we participated in preventing the fall of the M5 road again.

3) Since the beginning of the presence of our forces, the Turkish sites in the Syrian territories, inside the areas of our forces, were in accordance with the Astana agreements or outside them, but the elements of the committees and the resistance factions did not subject these Turkish forces in deference to the decision of the leadership, and this decision remains in effect until now.

4) Four days ago, foreign elements from the Tajiks, the Turkestan Party, elements from the Al-Nusra Front and terrorist factions carried out a massive attack against the Syrian army’s concentration points, so our forces supported the army to prevent the liberated areas from falling again.

5) Despite the defensive stance of our forces, the Turkish army from the air, with fiery support and precision missiles, targeted our elements and forces, which prompted us to send mediators to the Turkish army to stop it from continuing to attack and stop this approach.

6) The mediators assigned to the Turkish army announced that the terrorists attacked with your support of our positions, and that our forces are to confront the terrorists, and that we are with the Syrian army for this mission, but unfortunately the Turkish army did not take this request into account, and continued bombing, and a number of Mujahideen were martyred.

7) The Syrian army’s artillery responded to the sources of fire, and we did not respond directly, and again we announced to the Turkish army through mediators that we have no goal or decision to confront the Turkish army and that the leadership is determined to achieve a political solution between Syria and Turkey.

8) We informed our forces since the morning not to target the Turkish forces inside Idlib in order to preserve the lives of the soldiers, and our forces did not fire, but the Turkish army is still continuing artillery shelling at the Syrian army points and our locations

9) The Iranian consultative center and the Mujahideen of the resistance front call on the Turkish forces to act rationally in the interests of the Syrian and Turkish peoples, reminding the Turkish people that their sons have been present for a month in the range of our forces and we could take revenge, but we did not do so in response to the orders of our leadership, and we call on him to pressure the Turkish leadership to correct his decisions and prevent the bloodshed of Turkish soldiers.

10) Despite the current difficult circumstances, we reaffirm our continued standing with the people, the state, and the army in Syria, in their battle to defeat terrorism and preserve the full sovereignty over the Syrian territories, and we call on all to be rational and aware of the great risks of continuing the aggression against Syria

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