Turkish forces attack with artillery shells villages in Aleppo
ALEPPO, Syria (North Press) – Turkish forces targeted on late Saturday villages in the northern countryside of Aleppo, northwest Syria, with around 100 artillery shells.
An exclusive military source told North Press the Turkish forces targeted the village of Shawargha in the north of Aleppo that is under the control of the Syrian government forces, with more than 80 artillery shells,” without reporting on losses or damages.
In the past week, the Turkish forces targeted the town of Tel Rifaat and the villages of Sheikh Issa and Herbel in the same area with more than 20 artillery shells. This area contains camps for the displaced people from Afrin.
The northern countryside of Aleppo, also known as Shahba region, houses IDPs of the Kurdish city of Afrin which was occupied in 2018 by Turkey following a military operation called “Olive Branch” to push away the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) under the pretext of protecting Turkey’s “national security”.
The operation caused the displacement of about 300,000 of the original inhabitants of the Kurds of Afrin who have been taking shelter in 40 villages and five camps in Shahba region since then.
There are about 16,000 displaced families from Afrin distributed over 42 villages and towns in Shahba region, in addition to 1,870 families, comprising 7,500 individuals, now living in the camps of Barkhodan, Sardam, Afrin, al-Awda, and Shahba, according to the Social Affairs and Labor Board of the Afrin region, currently operating in Aleppo northern countryside.
The area has been militarily protected by Russian and Syrian government forces since 2018.