Clashes between SNA factions in Syria’s Tel Abyad leave casualties
RAQQA, Syria (North Press) – Fierce clashes erupted on Friday between Turkish-backed armed opposition factions, known as the Syrian National Army (SNA), in the Turkish border city of Tel Abyad in Raqqa Governorate.
The factions clashed on the control of the border crossing. They resulted in the killing of two militants and the injury of six others.
The city of Tel Abyad in northern Syria has been under the occupation of the Turkish forces and has been controlled by the SNA factions since 2019 following the so-called “Peace Spring” military operation that aimed to push away the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) under the pretext of protecting the Turkish national security.
“Militants of the al-Jabha al-Shamiya (Levant Front) and Faylaq al-Majd (Majd Crops) attacked the border crossing to take control over it,” a security source told North Press.
The clashes lasted for about two hours, and led to the killing of two militants of the al-Jabha al-Shamiya and the injury of six others, the source said.
After the clashes, the SNA’s Military Police faction and the Turkish forces cordoned off the area and imposed a state of de-conflict, according to the source.
North Syria’s areas that are under the occupation of Turkey and the control of the SNA factions always witness states of insecurity and chaos including infighting, kidnaping, theft, killing, and seizure of properties, amid the factions’ inability to impose stability.