The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Turkish Forces control the first village east of Tal Abyad with air and land cover and continuous attempts to advance west of the city

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the Turkish commandos entered Bir Abyad village east of Tal Abyad city at the border with Turkey, where the troops were positioned inside houses in the village, and the operation of taking control of the village took place with the help of sleeper cells in the village, also clashes are taking place now between the Syria Democratic Forces and the Turkish Forces in al-Yabseh village area west of Tal Abyad, in an attempt by the latter to take control of the village after entering it, and the clashes are accompanied by airstrikes by Turkish warplanes in addition to intense rocket shelling, and in the same context, the Syrian Observatory monitored the Turkish warplanes carrying out 2 raids targeting the 93rd Brigade in Ayn Issa area in the northern countryside of al-Raqqah, but no information about casualties until now, information was received about the killing of 9 members of the Syrian factions loyal to Ankara in the shelling and clashes against SDF, and it worth mentioning that 4 fighters of the factions were killed Wednesday during the clashes.

The Syrian Observatory published this morning that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the failure of the Turkish ground offensive on all areas they tried to advance within to, in the area extending from the east of Euphrates River to the west of Tigris River, where the “the Syria Democratic Forces and military councils” were able to repel the attacks of the Turkish Forces and the factions loyal to them on areas of Tal Abyad, Ras Al-Ayn, and al-Malkiyyeh, and villages in Ayn al-Arab countryside (Kobani), Darbasiyah, and other places in the area, and the attackers were unable to achieve any advancement, also the clashes stopped at around 3:00 am and the cautious calm has been prevailing the clash fronts until this moment, while the Turkish ground shelling continues sporadically on the western countryside of Ayn Al Arab, and the village of Bir Ashiq east of Tal Abyad and other sites of Tal Abyad area in addition to heavy shelling on Ras al-Ayn (Sari Kani), this cautious and relative calm was met with brining new military reinforcements by the Syria Democratic Forces to the border strip, in conjunction with the mobilization by the Turkish Forces and the Syrian factions loyal to them in Tal Abyad and the countryside of Ayn al-Arab, also the Turkish Forces removed the separation wall opposite to Tal half area west of Ras Al-Ayn city.