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Reuters MURAD SEZER
Turkish tanks on the border with Syria.
The official Syrian agency “SANA” reported that Turkish forces and factions allied with them are carrying out a continuous bombing operation in cities in the countryside of the governorates of Raqqa and Hasaka in northeast Syria.
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The agency cited local sources as saying that “the Turkish occupation forces and their terrorist mercenaries attacked the vicinity of the city of Ain Issa, north of Raqqa, resulting in damage to people’s property and some agricultural crops.”
In the northern countryside of Hasaka, local sources said, according to the agency, that “a series of heavy artillery shells, originated by the Turkish occupation and its mercenaries, fell on residential areas in the villages of Al-Abush, Bab Al-Khair , Tal Ward and Khirbet Al-Sha’ir, east of Ras Al-Ain, causing material damage to the homes and public properties of some citizens. ” And private. “
He also added that the Turkish forces and the allied factions attacked, yesterday Sunday, houses in towns and cities in the vicinity of Tal Tamr, 40 km north of Hasakah, “as part of the policy of pressure and intimidation practiced by the occupation forces. to force civilians to leave their towns and cities. “
Several areas in northeastern Syria are witnessing continuous clashes between pro-Turkish factions and the “Syrian Democratic Forces”, whose military structure is the Kurdish People’s Protection Units.
Early Monday, the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria announced the suspension of the Russian Military Police escorting civilian vehicles on the “M-4” road between the towns of Tal Tamer and Ain Issa due to the escalation of the situation.
Turkey has expanded its control over an area stretching some 30 kilometers south of the Turkish-Syrian border in northeastern Syria, since the launch of its military operation “Fountain of Peace” on October 9, 2019, against the Kurdish People’s Protection Units, which Ankara considers a terrorist and an arm of the “party”. Kurdistan workers.
Relative calm currently prevails in the region, after Turkey reached two separate agreements with the United States and Russia, on October 17 and 22, 2019, the first stipulating the withdrawal of Kurdish units from the Operation Peace Fountain area, while the second stipulates the expulsion of Kurdish fighters from the Syrian-Turkish border at a depth of 30 kilometers to the south.
Source: “SANA” + agencies
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