The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Turkish army and its backed factions bring military reinforcement to Tal Abyad fronts north al-Raqqah

The Turkish army brought today huge military reinforcements to Tal Abyad city inside the Syrian territory, including fighters of the Turkish-backed factions, Turkish soldiers, heavy weapons, tanks, and armored vehicles.
Sources told the Syrian Observatory that these reinforcements went to the western and southern countryside of Tal Abyad, adjacent to the International Road of “M4” on the opposite side of the deployment points of the Syria Democratic Forces and the Syrian regime forces.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored through reliable sources on the 14th of January 2020 that the Turkish-backed factions started a violent shelling using heavy weapons targeting the western front in Tal Abyad. The Syrian Observatory monitored shelling from inside the Turkish territory targeted Salimah village and several other villages.
Sources indicated that large crowds of the so-called “National Army” factions which are backed by Turkey; are gathering heavy weapons in the area of the mills in Tal Abyad countryside, preparing for a large-scale attack on the western front of Tal Abyad, amid information about their intention to go towards Ayn al-Arab (Kobani) city.
Yesterday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored military reinforcements of the Turkey-backed factions in the vicinity of Ain Issa.
Sources reported that the reinforcements are part of a military action for which these factions are preparing to carry it out in a few days, on Ain Issa town north of al-Raqqah.