Russian military withdraws from key town in northern Aleppo, Syrian Army warns Turkey to stay away

The Russian military has officially withdrawn from the a key Shia town in the northern countryside of the Aleppo Governorate.

The Russian military has officially withdrawn from the a key Shia town in the northern countryside of the Aleppo Governorate.

This move by the Russian military comes just a week after they conducted joint patrols with the Turkish armed forces in the Tal Rifa’at area.

Despite the Russian withdrawal, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has refused to leave the town; instead, they have beefed up their defenses around Tal Rifa’at and its neighboring villages.

Another military force has also rejected Turkey’s demands of withdrawing from the predominately Shia towns of Al-Zahra’a and Nubl in the northern countryside of the Aleppo Governorate.