Turkey’s “safe zone” | Soylu conducts inspection tour of establishing new settlements in “Peace Spring” area

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has arrived in Tel Abyad, north of Al-Raqqah, on an inspection tour of settlements being constructed by Turkish organisations in the region under the pretext of “establishing a safe zone for Syrians.”

The visit of the Turkish Interior Minister coincided with the outbreak of internal clashes between factions and Ankara-backed armed groups in “Peace Spring and Olive Branch” areas, which left two people killed, and three others injured in Tel Diab in Ras Al-Ain/Sere Kanye countryside due to the eruption of violent fighting with heavy weapons and RPGs between Ahrar Al-Sharqiyyah faction on one side and the “20th Division” and the “Al-Hamza Division” faction on the other in Tel Diab village in Ras Al-Ain/Sere Kanye countryside.

The violent fighting triggered the displacement of people from Tel Diab village and left two militiamen dead and three others seriously injured.

Moreover, Al-Hamza Division also seized headquarters and posts of Ahrar Al-Sharqqiyah faction.

The fighting intensified at “Al-Kaziya,” checkpoint, and a number of Ahrar Al-Sharqiya members had defected and joined the “Al-Hamza Division.”