The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Turkish bombardment | Two SDF fighters killed in Tel Tamr countryside

Al-Hasakah province: SOHR activists have documented the death of two SDF members and injury of others in Turkish shelling on SDF checkpoints in Al-Dirdara village in Tel Tamr countryside in Al-Hasakah countryside.

According to SOHR activists, Turkish forces in Al-Hasakah frontlines have fired dozens of shells on Tel Tamr countryside, targeting Tel Goma’a, Al-Dirdara and Tel Shinan villages, amid displacement by residents from neighbouring villages for fear of expansion of the shelling.

On the same context, SDF responded with shelling military positions in “Peace Spring” areas in Al-Hasakah countryside, amid reports of casualties among the ranks of Turkish forces and their proxies.

On December 4, SOHR activists reported that Turkish forces and their backed-factions fired mortars and rockets on Tel Al-Laban and Kuzliah villages in the western countryside of Tel Tamr in al-Hasakah province, along with exchange of medium and heavy fire between SDF and Turkish- backed factions on the frontlines between the two sides.

In this context, the SDF-backed Tel Tamr Military Council Forces targeted faction positions. However, no casualties were reported.
On December 2, SOHR sources reported that a group of SDF Special Forces carried out an infiltration operation, targeting a Turkish military base in Azizah area in Tel Tamr countryside in the north-western countryside of al-Hasakah.
According to SOHR sources, the SDF fighters sneaked into the Turkish base where they clashed with Turkish soldiers for an hour. However, no casualties have been reported on both sides.
After the attack, Turkish forces stationed in the targeted base ordered the National Army’s factions operating in that region to put on high alert and search for the group that carrying out the attack.