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2019-10-11 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Turkish troops and Syrian rebels encircle two SDF-held towns
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Ottoman Turkish troops and allied Syrian rebels have now encircled two border towns in northeast Syria held by Kurdish forces after a ground offensive that seized several villages around them, a front man for the rebels said on Thursday.

Major Youssef Hamoud said the two towns of Ras al-Ain and Tel Abyad were now encircled after the Ottoman Turkish army aided by fighters of the Syrian opposition group known as the National Army seized several villages around them.

The two towns where Arab tribes are the majority of its inhabitants are a main goal of the Ottoman Turkish military campaign to oust Kurdish-led fighters who control its area and where Ankara says it wants to set up a so-called safe zone.

Fighting at Ayn al Arus as forces try to enter Tel Abyad from the south
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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
Posted by Fred 2019-10-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top
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