Aleppo-Hasaka Road Reopened After Clashes Between Pro-Turkish Factions, Russian Forces
Russia reopened Sunday the M4 international road between Ain Issa and Tel Tamer, one day following intense clashes between the pro-Turkish National Syrian Army (SNA) factions and Russian forces.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the exchange of fire started after the Ankara-backed factions targeted a Russian patrol with machine guns, east of the town.
But, on Sunday, Russian forces reopened the M4 international road connecting Ain Issa and Tel Tamer.
“The road was reopened to the commercial and civil movement, under the protection of Russian forces, which conducted a patrol in the area,” the Observatory said.
It quoted sources as saying that frontlines of Ain Issa have been witnessing a tense calm since Saturday, following the cessation of clashes and the failed attack launched by the Ankara-backed factions to cut off the international road with Russian consent.
The failed attack, which began in the early hours of Friday morning, killed 13 fighters of Ankara-backed factions in landmine explosions and clashes, in addition to three SDF members.
It is worth noting that the map of influence witnessed no changes, as Al-Mushayrafah village is still free of any combatants. As for Jahbal village, the factions are present in the village’s western part, while SDF are still stationed in the eastern part.
Turkey and its backed factions continued to deploy in the east of Ain Issa.
Separately, Syrian regime forces fired rocket-propelled grenades on frontlines in Jabal al-Zawiya in the southern countryside of Idlib.
On Saturday, the Observatory said a member of the opposition factions was killed in shelling by regime forces on the frontlines of the Idlib countryside.