Violent factional clashes | Turkish helicopter transports injured Turks from Turkish base in Aleppo countryside
Aleppo province: A Turkish helicopter has landed to evacuate Turkish troops wounded by the shells that hit the Turkish base in Kafr Jannah a few minutes ago.
Meanwhile, the factions have fired more artillery shells on the Turkish post in Kfar Jannah in Sharan district.
Moreover, Violent clashes have erupted between Ahrar Al-Sham and the Third Corps in Kfar Ghan and Baraghedah villages, as Ahrar Al-Sham aims to capture these villages.
SOHR activists have just reported that artillery shells hit the vicinity of the Turkish base in Kafr Jannah in Sharan district of Afrin countryside due to the exchange of shelling between Hayyat Tahrir Al-Sham and Third Corps. No casualties have been reported yet.
Meanwhile, Hayyat Tahrir Al-Sham captured Al-Khalidiyah and Aanab villages in Sharan district in Afrin countryside, north-west of Aleppo, after violent clashes with Al-Jabha Al-Shamiyyah and advanced in Mariamin frontline to besiege Kafr Jannah.
A few hours ago, SOHR activists reported that a number of displaced people were injured by indiscriminate artillery shells that hit an area hosting displaced camps near Masha’alah village, Zyarat Hanan and Al-Barakah camp in Kafr Jannah area in Afrin countryside, amid appeals by the displaced people to cease and stop the clashes until they left for a safe area.
Concurrently, Hayyat Tahrir Al-Sham continued its attempt to storm more villages, firing artillery shells on Third Corps positions.
SOHR activists also reported that dozens of HTS armoured vehicles near Ziyarah Hanan cemetery were preparing to storm Kfar Janah, Third Corps’ most important stronghold in Aleppo countryside.
SOHR activists had reported that violent clashes between Third Corps and Hayyat Tahrir Al-Sham renewed on the outskirts of Kafr Jannah village nearly 48 hours after the cautious calm and since the conclusion of an agreement between al-Julani and Abu Yassin on October 15.
These violent clashes triggered a mass civilian exodus from “Kuwait Al-Rahma” complex in Sharan district in Afrin countryside and the closure of Azaz-Afrin road, amid bringing in military reinforcements to hotspots, including heavy weapons and tanks by two factions.
On Monday morning, Hayyat Tahrir Al-Sham informed the leaders of Al-Jabha Al-Shamiyyah faction of the termination of the agreement signed between them on October 15, claiming that Al-Jabha Al-Shamiyyah did not comply with the agreement terms and provisions.
This coincides with the refusal of the residents of “Euphrates Shield” areas of the entry of HTS convoys into the area, where civilians called for general mobilisation, yesterday, October 16.
Meanwhile, Hayyat Tahrir Al-Sham refused to hand over the headquarters of Third Corps in Afrin and the exchange prisoners. Hayyat Tahrir Al-Sham demanded from Al-Jabha Al-Shamiyyah faction to evacuate its headquarters in Kafarjah village and handed them over to HTS, but Al-Jabha Al-Shamiyyah refused, fearing that HTS would head towards Azaz city to impose its control over it.
It is worth noting that the termination of the agreement concluded between the two parties came over mass demonstrations staged yesterday evening to reject the entry of Hayyat Tahrir Al-Sham into “Euphrates Shield” areas.