Intense targeting and raging clashes on fronts of Tal Tamr, Ayn Issa, Ras al-Ayn, Tal Abyad, and Ayn al-Arab (Kobani), leave tens of casualties and injuries in among SDF, and the Turkey-loyal factions
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored violent clash in several fronts within the east Euphrates area, between the Turkish Forces and the factions loyal to them against the Syria Democratic Forces accompanied by targeting and intensive shelling, where the Syria Democratic Forces were able to destroy more than 10 military vehicles belong to the Turkey-loyal factions in al-Jalabiyya area of Ayn al-Arab (Kobani), after targeting it by shells, missiles, and heavy machine guns, also violent clashes took place in areas of Aliyah and Arba’ein in the countryside of Tal Tamr led to SDF controlling both villages, while the Turkish forces and the factions continue their violent attack on Ras al-Ayn city and its western areas in addition to the countryside of Tal Abyad city at the border line with an intensive and violent ground shelling.
In the same context, the Syrian Observatory documented the killing of 2 members of the regime forces and the injury of others, in missile shelling carried out by the Turkish Forces and the factions loyal to them against their positions east of Ayn Issa town, which witnessed this afternoon violent clashes between Turkish Forces and the factions against the Syria Democratic Forces, who stood against their attack and caused them human and material losses, while SDF fighters managed to capture a Turkish military vehicle in al-Alya area south of Tal Tamr, also the aforementioned operations in total left more than 21 casualties of the Turkey-loyal factions and 9 members of the SDF, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation in the ranks of both parties.
And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to 163 at least, the number of members of the Syria Democratic Forces who were killed by Turkish air and land strikes and clashes against Turkish Forces and the factions loyal to, also it rose to 149, the number of the Syrian factions loyal to Ankara including 21 of the pro-Turkish cells who were killed in targeting and clashes against SDF, while 8 Turkish soldiers were killed in clashes and targeting, Turkey acknowledged the death of only 5 of them, amid information about other Turkish casualties at the Syrian – Turkish border, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation, in addition to information about other casualties.