The Turkish army dispatched additional special forces to the border with Syria just a few hours after the end of the 12th round of Astana talks in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan, on Friday. As part of Turkey’s recent military reinforcements, a convoy of armored vehicles arrived in the Reyhanli district, Hatay province on the southern borders with Syria, amid tight security measures. The forces were deployed on Saturday throughout Turkish military points on the border. Observers expected the new reinforcements to be aimed at strengthening Turkish patrols in Idlib or carrying out operations against the terrorist groups, whose withdrawal form the Syrian province Russia has been demanding under last year’s Sochi agreement. Signed with Turkey on September 17, the deal calls for enforcing a new demilitarized zone between the regime forces and opposition in Idlib and the withdrawal of terrorist groups along with their heavy weapons, tanks, rockets systems and mortars. In March, Turkey and Russia launched independent coordinated military patrols in Idlib and its surrounding areas. Meanwhile, the 12th round of Astana talks was concluded on Friday with participants failing to reach an agreement on the formation of the Syrian constitutional committee. Russian, Turkish and Iranian representatives of guarantor states stressed in their final communique that the parties have agreed on the importance of implementing all the articles of the Sochi agreement. The statement reaffirmed the guarantor state’ determination to fully implement the agreements on stabilization in Idlib, including the coordinated patrols and effective functioning of the Joint Iranian-Russian-Turkish Coordination Center. Turkey has been reinforcing its military presence on the border with Syria since President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signaled that Ankara would launch a cross-border operation against the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Manbij and east of the Euphrates. It suspended the possible military operation after US President Donald Trumps announcement in December that US troops would be withdrawn from Syria. Trump also proposed establishing a 32-km security zone in northeastern Syria, which Turkey wants to be in control of. Washington wants it to be controlled by European forces from the coalition it leads against ISIS.