Turkish Army Launches Heavy Offensives against Kurds in Aleppo
The Turkish army fiercely attacked the Kurdish fighters’ positions in Northern Aleppo after a number of its soldiers were killed in Afrin.
Sources affiliated to militants reported on Sunday that a Turkish soldier was killed and another was wounded in the Kurds’ military attack against one of their military bases near the town of Mar’e in Northwestern Aleppo.
Meantime, the Kurdish-language Hawar News qouted sources in Afrin as saying that 3 Turkish soldiers were killed and 3 others were wounded in an operation against the Turkish army in the village of Marimiyeh in Shara region in Afrin in Northwestern Aleppo.
Also, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that the Turkish forces have targeted regions occupied by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the villages of Zourmaqar in the Eastern parts of Jarabulus in Northeastern Aleppo with heavy attacks.
It added that the Turkish army also pounded with artillery fire the villages of Tatamanrash and Shawareqah as well as areas near Marimin in Sharan region in Afrin.
In a relevant development last week, over 10 Ankara-backed militants were killed and wounded in the Kurdish militias’ military operations in Afrin and A’azaz regions in Northwestern Aleppo.
The Kurdish-language Hawar News reported on Friday that the Kurdish forces in ‘Wrath of Olives’ operations against the Turkish army forces and affiliated militants destroyed the positions of Firqat al-Hamzeh terrorists in the village of Juwaiq in the town of Afrin in Northwestern Aleppo, killing 6 people and wounding at least 4 others.
It added that the Kurdish fighters also killed a member of Jibhat al-Shamiyah terrorist group affiliated to the Turkish army with sniper gun in the village of Kaljabrin in A’azaz region in Northwestern Aleppo.
Source: Farsnews