Turkish forces renew ground bombardment on Kurdish-controlled areas, north of Aleppo

Aleppo Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:

The Syrian Observatory has monitored this evening artillery shelling by Turkish forces from their positions north of Aleppo, targeting the outskirts of the city of Tall Rifa’at, which is controlled by Kurdish forces in northern rural Aleppo. No casualties have been reported yet.

The Syrian Observatory monitored on Saturday morning artillery shelling by Turkish forces on places in Harbal and Sheikh Issa, north of Aleppo. No casualties were reported.

Yesterday, the Syrian Observatory monitored intensive shelling with tens of rockets by Turkish forces on several areas held by Kurdish and regime forces in northern and north-western countryside of Aleppo. Scope of the Turkish shelling expanded to include Tal Rifaat, Sheikh Helal, Kashtar camp, Kafr Antwan, Al-Irshadiyah, Maraanaz and Al-Malikiyah.

Areas in the villages of Oqaybah, Sawghankah, Ziyyarah, Deir Jamal and Bienah in Shirawa township in north-western Aleppo came under intensive artillery shelling by Turkish forces. The shelling injured a civilian in Oqaybah village, while a regime soldier was killed and other soldiers sustained various injuries.