...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
from Khirbat al-Jouz in Idlib, northwestern Syria.
A source told North Press that
The detainees were taken to an observation point against the village to later be sent back to Syria through Bab al-Hawa border crossing, which is under the control of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...(HTS) from the Syrian side.
According to informed sources,
Five wounded in Turkish shelling in northern Hasakah
[NPASyria] On Thursday, five people were injured in Turkish shelling of Aboush village in the northern countryside of Hasakah, northeast Syria.
A medical source in Lekrin Hospital in Tel Tamr town, in northern Hasakah, informed North Press that the shelling caused five minor injuries, adding they are being treated in the hospital.
Earlier today, Turkey targeted Sheikh Ali village but there have been no reports of casualties and damage so far.
Tel Tamr, which has a population of about 25,000 and is 30 km away from the Syrian-Turkish border, is of strategic importance as it is a junction on the M4 Highway linking Hasakah to Aleppo governorate in the northwest.
The town and its countryside have been under constant attacks by Turkish forces and their affiliated Syrian opposition factions for more than two years.
Turkish forces target Syria’s Tel Tamr with mortar shells
[NPASyria] Turkish forces and their affiliated armed opposition factions, aka Syrian National Army (SNA), targeted on Thursday the village of Sheikh Ali, in the town of Tel Tamr, north of Hasakah Governorate, northeast Syria.
A local source told North Press that the Turkish forces and the SNA factions targeted the aforementioned village with two mortar shells.
No casualties or material damage were recorded.
Tel Tamr, which has a population of about 25,000 and is 30 km away from the Syrian-Turkish border, is of strategic importance as it is a junction on the M4 Highway linking Hasakah to Aleppo governorate in the northwest.
The town has been under constant attacks by Turkish forces and the SNA for more than two years.
Parts of the northern and western countryside of the town and the entire southern countryside are protected by the Syriac Military Council and the Assyrian Khabour Guards Forces, while the SNA controls the northern countryside up to the city of Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain) on the northern border of Syria.
On July 31, three people were injured in a Turkish shelling on the village of Tel al-Laban, southwest Tel Tamr.
Turkey deports 31 Syrian asylum seekers
[NPASyria] Turkish authorities deported on Thursday 31 Syrian asylum seekers via Tel Abyad border crossing with Turkey, north of Raqqa Governorate, northern Syria, after being detained by Turkish border guards for a few days.
The deported Syrians were arrested by the border guards while they were trying to cross into Turkey from the city of Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain), north of Hasakah, northeast Syria.
A private source told North Press that the administration of Tel Abyad crossing received the deported people, some of them are women and children, and handed them to Military Police, affiliated with Turkish-backed armed opposition factions, aka Syrian National Army (SNA).
On August 1, the Turkish authorities detained eight people on the border, west of the city of Tel Abyad, while they were trying to cross into Turkey. However, those eight people were not among those who were deported, according to the source.
As of the first half of 2023, the number of affected Syrian asylum seekers has reached 452 individuals, including 20 children and 26 women. Tragically, 25 people were killed and 121 others were injured during direct targeting by live bullets while attempting to cross the Syrian-Turkish border. In addition, the Turkish border guards have assaulted and beaten 306 individuals and have used excessive force to prevent them from crossing the border.
A day earlier, the Turkish authorities forcibly deported 45 Syrian refugees via Bab al-Hawa border crossing, north of Idlib Governorate, northwest Syria, a private source told North Press.
The administrations of Tel Abyad and Bab al-Hawa crossings announced the toll of Syrians who were forcibly deported from Turkey in July. 1,207 Syrian refugees were deported via Bab al-Hawa crossing, and 1,838 others via Tel Abyad crossing.
Since the beginning of July, the Turkish authorities have deported more than 2,500 Syrian refugees, mostly women and children, to the opposition-held areas in northern Syria through the Baba al-Hawa, Tel Abyad, and Bab al-Salama border crossings.
Though Syria is still unsafe for returns, Turkey tries to get rid of the refugees by forcibly deporting them, as the Turkish authorities have intensified the forced deportation of Syrians, as part of what they call voluntary return to safe areas in Syria, according to media and documentary reports.