Syrians reject trench dug by Turkish army near Aleppo
The residents of Tadef in the Aleppo countryside are rejecting a military trench being dug by the Turkish army that would cross through their city, calling on changing its course and retaking control of the areas held by the Syrian government forces inside the city.
ALEPPO, Syria — The Turkish army on May 21 withdrew excavation equipment from the vicinity of Tadef, in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo, after the city’s inhabitants objected to the digging of a military trench that would divide their neighborhoods and prevent some from reaching their agricultural lands in the city’s surrounding areas under the Syrian regime's control.
The residents argue that should the city be divided into two parts, they wouldn't be able to retake control of the surrounding areas held by the regime.
In early April, the Turkish army began digging the military trench in the territory separating the areas under control of the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) and areas held by the Syrian regime.
The excavation, which began from al-Sukaria area east of al-Bab and along the Aleppo-Hasakah international road, reached the outskirts of Tadef, specifically the town of Butushiya.
