North of Al-Raqqa | Fierce clashes erupt on Ain Issa frontlines, following ten days of tense calm

The Syrian Observatory has monitored on Sunday morning fierce clashes between SDF and Turkish-backed factions, on the outskirts of the city of Ain Issa, north of Raqqa, with exchang of artillery shelling on the areas of control. The frontline of northern Al-Raqqa countryside has been calm for 10 days.

On May 21, SOHR sources said that Turkish forces shelled with heavy artillery SDF positions in the villages of Sahronij and Qzali with. No casualties were reported.

Meanwhile, Turkish-backed factions targeted the villages of Kobarlik Qurfal, Qazli, Huriyah and Khalidiya on the M4 international road, southwest of Tal Abyad in northern countryside of Raqqa, setting fire on agricultural crops.

Reliable sources had told the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that a group affiliated with Turkish-backed factions, managed to infiltrate, in the past hours, into the town of Ain Issa, which is under the control of the Syrian Democratic Forces and regime forces in northern countryside of Raqqa. Violent clashes took place between the two sides, with the sound of a loud explosion in the area. Clashes have left casualties among both sides.