Turkish forces, SNA factions shell villages in Syria’s Hasakah
TEL TAMR, North Press (North Press) – Turkish forces and their affiliated armed opposition factions, known as the Syrian National Army (SNA), shelled on Thursday night villages in the countryside of the town of Tel Tamr in the north of Hasakah, northeast Syria.
The villages of Tawila, Tel Tawil, Tel Jumaa, al-Daradara, Umm al-Kheir, al-Gozaliya, and Tel Garabet in the countryside of the town of Tel Tamr, a military source from the Tel Tamr Military Council, affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) told North Press.
The source said the shelling also affected the villages of Bobi, Dada Abdal, al-Meshairfa, and al-Asadiya in the countryside of the town of Zirgan (Abu Rasin), north of Hasakah.
The shelling resulted in material damages to the houses and properties of the civilians and set fires to the agricultural lands, the source added.
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 the Turkish forces and the SNA factions 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 Khabur 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.