Elite Syrian army units deploy to Afrin border: reports![]() March 12, 2018 - 12:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Forces of the Syrian army’s Republican Guard are deploying to the border of government and Kurdish controlled territory in Aleppo province’s Afrin region, Al-Masdar News reports citing the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). The SOHR report claims that Republican Guard units are reinforcing Syrian army positions along the Zahraa-Nubl axis, where Turkish-backed forces are just a matter of kilometers away from making contact with government lines. Al-Masdar News cannot currently clarify the SOHR claim. If true, the Republican Guard units most likely belong to the Syrian army’s Aleppo-based 30th Division. Such units will most likely not be involved in any intervention into the Afrin following the collapse of talks between Damascus and Kurdish forces for the hand-over of the region to government protection. ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |