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Turkish troops and Syrian rebels encircle two SDF-held towns |
2019-10-11 |
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Major Youssef Hamoud said the two towns of Ras al-Ain and Tel Abyad were now encircled after the The two towns where Arab tribes are the majority of its inhabitants are a main goal of the Fighting at Ayn al Arus as forces try to enter Tel Abyad from the south [TWITTER]
Related: Tel Abyad: 2019-10-10 Heavy Clashes ongoing between SDF and the Turkish Army/TFSA at the points of incursion Tel Abyad: 2019-10-07 Turkey to attack in northeast Syria; US forces to pull back Tel Abyad: 2019-09-18 Erdogan proposes creation of ‘refugee city’ at Syria peace talks, Syrian Kurds dispute Turkish strikes reportedly hit civilian convoy in Syria [IsraelTimes] A Kurdish news agency and a war monitor say Turkish troops have bombarded a convoy of vehicles taking residents of the northern city of Raqqa to a border town, inflicting casualties among them. The Kurdish Hawar news agency says the attack on the road leading to the border town of Tal Abyad killed three people and wounded several others. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Turkish airstrike occurred when a convoy carrying a tribal leader reached the entrance of Tal Abyad. It says several people were wounded but that no one was killed. Turkey says 174 ‘terrorists’ killed in Syria offensive Turkey’s Defense Ministry says 174 “terrorists” have been “neutralized” in its cross-border military offensive, referring to Syrian Kurdish fighters. The ministry tweets that the number includes 19 alleged fighters killed in an airstrike on a shelter used by the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units, or YPG, in Ras al-Ayn. The numbers could not be independently verified |
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