OE Watch Commentary: The Wagner Group is a Russian private military company that has played a role in Russian operations in Syria. While the Russian Government has not yet officially acknowledged the existence of this paramilitary group, it gained attention on 7 February when personnel from the company carried out an attack on Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Deir Ezzor. The accompanying excerpted article from the Turkish newspaper Haberturk reports on the Wagner Group and it provides some insight into the Turkish perspective of its activities in Syria. The article notes several things about the group, but it only provides information that has been published in a number of other media outlets around the world. Despite actively engaging in the Syrian civil war, the Turkish government has not made any comments on the presence of the Russian mercenaries in Syria. End OE Watch Commentary (Gunduz)