Turkish forces, SNA factions shell villages in Syria’s Hasakah
TEL TAMR, Syria (North Press) – Turkish forces and Turkish-backed armed opposition factions, aka the Syrian National Army (SNA), targeted two villages in the northern countryside of the town of Tel Tamr in the north of Hasakah, northeast Syria, on Friday-Saturday night with heavy artillery and mortar shells.
A military source told North Press that the Turkish forces shelled the village of al-Dardara and Umm al-Keif in the northern and northeastern countryside of Tel Tamr with heavy artillery and mortar shells.
The bombardment continued intensively until Saturday morning, the source noted.
The shelling caused significant material damage to the houses and properties of the residents in the two villages, according to the source.
On Sep 8, a Turkish drone targeted a post of the government forces in the village of Tawila in the west of Tel Tamr, without reporting casualties.
For a week, Tel Tamr countryside has been under constant attacks by the Turkish forces and their SNA factions, using heavy artillery and mortar shells. Additionally, the factions launched a ground attack in the countryside of Zirgan (Abu Rasin) and Tel Tamr. The military forces of the Tel Tamr Military Council of the SDF announced that they successfully thwarted all advancement attempts.
Local sources reported that with the continuous shelling residents have displaced from the targeted areas.
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 their 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.