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2020-12-19 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
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Turkey-backed fighters clash with Kurdish forces in north Syria town, two civilians toes up
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Syrian fighters backed by The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
 ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
waged battles on Friday against Kurdish forces near the town of Ain Issa in northern Syria, where Russian and Ottoman Turkish troops jointly patrol a key highway.
Ottoman Turkish forces and their Syrian Death Eater allies seized territory in the region in an offensive last year against the Kurdish YPG militia which holds swathes of north and east Syria.
Ankara’s Western allies widely condemned that incursion, which was halted when Turkey reached separate deals with Washington and Moscow, the second of which agreed to establish the joint Russian-Ottoman Turkish patrols.
The YPG, which Turkey deems a terrorist group, forms the military backbone of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance which defeated ISIS in northeast Syria with the help of US air power.
Ain Issa, where the festivities erupted overnight, sits along the M4 highway that links major Syrian cities and where the Russian-Ottoman Turkish patrols usually take place.
A rebel source with the Turkey-backed National Army said the faction seized some farmland after mounting an attack at the edge of the town.
An SDF commander told local Kurdish media that shelling hit parts of the town and highway but his forces were thwarting the attack.
Ain Issa, east of the Euphrates river, also has a sprawling camp for displaced people where the SDF has held families of ISIS fighters, including foreigners.
Civilians reported dead as Turkey-backed militants intensify attacks in Ain Issa
[Rudaw] Pro-The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
murderous Moslems carried out fresh attacks on Friday against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Ain Issa, with several civilian casualties reported by local outlets.
SDF forces in villages surrounding the town came under repeated attack from Thursday to Friday evening, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
The UK-based war monitor added that the murderous Moslems were backed by Ottoman Turkish intensive artillery fire when attacking villages of Jahbal and Mushayrifah, east of Ain Issa, but were unable to advance.
Two non-combatants were killed in the festivities, according to SDF-affiliated North Press Agency (NPA), which reported heavy Ottoman Turkish artillery fire. SOHR also reported an unspecified number of "human losses."
SDF snipers foiled infiltration attempts by the murderous Moslems into both villages, according to Hawar News Agency (ANHA).
Ain Issa is located to the east of Euphrates River, at a junction that connects many cities in northeast Syria, and has been a focal point of recent festivities.
Residents of villages surrounding Ain Issa have previously told Rudaw of their fears of a Ottoman Turkish attack, sleeping in deserted areas at night in case of renewed fighting.
Turkey’s proxies in northern Syria have been bombarding the strategic town in Raqqa province for months, but have been unable to make any advances.
There have been reports about Russia’s attempts to persuade the SDF to hand over the town to the regime forces to stop Ottoman Turkish attacks - a suggestion refused by the SDF.
Amina Omar, co-chair of Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) - the political arm of the SDF - told Rudaw on Friday that "Russia pressures the SDF to push it to hand over Ain Issa to Damascus."
Russians are present in the town but have been slammed by Kurdish officials and locals for their "indifference" against regular attacks from Ottoman Turkish proxies.
Omar added that Ankara's aim in the attacks is to "separate different parts of northeast Syria from each other."
Turkey and its proxies control stretches of northern Syria, including parts of Aleppo and Idlib provinces, and a so-called "safe zone" between Sari Kani (Ras al-Ain) and Gire Spi (Tel Abyad) in northeast Syria — taken by Ankara’s proxies after Operation Peace Spring, which displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians last October.
Ankara has evacuated seven of its observation posts in Idlib province - where the regime is dominant - to areas under its control, an unnamed Ottoman Turkish official told Rooters on Friday.
"It is not in the form of troop withdrawal or reducing their numbers. The situation is just about changing location," the source said.
Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
 ...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
warned late October that his troops will launch fresh attacks if SDF forces do not withdraw from the Turkey-Syria border.
"Again, I repeat that if the promises are not fulfilled, we have legitimate cause to act whenever we need to eliminate all bully boyz from the areas we have identified." 
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