The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Border clashes between the SDF and the Turkish forces in Al-Hasakah province

Al-Hasakah Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned from a number of intersected sources in Al-Hasakah countryside, that clashes with light and medium weapons took place between fighters of the SDF against the Turkish forces, on the Syrian – Turkish border in Ras al-Ayn (Sere Kaniye), and this is the first clash against the both parties in the area since the start of the Turkish escalation on Afrin area, which sometimes expanded to include targeting areas in the western countryside of the city of Ayn Al-Arab (Kobani), and areas in the far north-east of Al-Hasakah, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also learned that the Turkish forces targeted Al-Zuhairiyah area and other areas in Kharab Rashq in the Syrian – Turkish – Iraqi border triangle, which caused material damage, followed by targeting by the SDF to positions of the Turkish forces in the other side of the border, and the past few days witnessed targeting by the Turkish forces to border areas in the countryside of Ayn Al-Arab (Kobani) and the countryside of Al-Malikiyah (Dayrik) as well as other areas in the Syrian – Turkish – Iraqi border triangle.