ALEPPO, Syria — The Turkish army continues to send military reinforcements to the areas controlled by the Syrian opposition in northeastern Syria, amid ongoing Turkish threats against Kurdish forces in the area.

Meanwhile, the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) factions are on alert, and meetings are being held between FSA and Turkish army leaders to coordinate the possible military operation they might launch against the Kurdish forces.

The Turkish Turkiye Gazetesi newspaper reported Oct. 25 that several leaders of the FSA-affiliated Syrian National Army who had participated in past Turkish military operations in Syria (Operation Euphrates Shield, Operation Peace Spring and Operation Olive Branch) were summoned to Ankara to prepare for a military operation in northeast Syria. According to the paper, the operation will take place on two main axes with the participation of around 35,000 fighters.

It said that trained FSA soldiers will be deployed across critical areas during the operation, which will take place in the areas held by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the People’s Protection Units (YPG), such as Tell Rifaat, Manbij, Ain Issa and Tel Tamr, and they will be backed by Turkish commandos who served in Iraq and Syria.