Reacting death of Turkish soldier | Turkish forces shell five positions in Kurdish-held areas in northern Aleppo

Aleppo province: SOHR activists have confirmed the death of a Turkish soldier in yesterday’s bombardment by Kurdish forces on areas under the control of “Olive Branch” operations room in the north-western countryside of Aleppo. It is worth noting that the bombardment also killed a Turkish-backed militiaman and injured other Turkish soldiers.

 

Meanwhile, Turkish forces shelled positions in Mayasah, Sawaghanka, Burj Qas and Kalutah which are under the control of Kurdish forces in northern Aleppo, but no casualties have been reported so far.

 

Yesterday, SOHR activists reported that Kurdish fighters shelled a position of Turkish forces and their proxy factions in Burj Haidar frontline in north Aleppo countryside. Moreover, a military car was also attacked on the same frontline, which left many dead and wounded, amid unconfirmed reported of the death of two Turkish soldiers.

 

SOHR sources reported earlier in the morning that the Kurdish forces targeted, with a guided missile, a military vehicle of a faction of the “National Army” in Baslah/Balsahaya village in Shirawa district in Afrin countryside, but no further details were reported yet about the number of casualties and material damage caused by the attack.

 

After the attack, clashes erupted between Kurdish forces and the “National Army” factions on the frontlines of Sawaghanka village in Shirawa district in Afrin countryside. The clashes coincided with bombardment by Turkish forces on the Kurdish-held village of Oqaybah with heavy artillery, which caused damage to civilians’ houses. Moreover, the village of Mar’anaz has experienced sporadic clashes and exchange of artillery fire between Kurdish forces and the “National Army” in northern Aleppo.