Turkish forces shell Assyrian village in Syria’s Hasakah
TEL TAMR, Syria (North Press) – Turkish forces shelled early on Monday a village with Assyrian-majority population in the northern countryside of Hasakah, northeastern Syria.
A military source told North Press that the Turkish forces shelled with artillery the village of Tel Jumaa with the Assyrian-majority.
The source added that the attacks caused material losses in the property of the residents without reporting any human casualties.
The Turkish forces and their affiliated armed opposition factions, aka the Syrian National Army (SNA), continue to bomb villages in the countryside of Tel Tamr on a semi-daily basis.
The countryside of Tel Tamr includes about 33 Assyrian villages, 5 of which were almost fully emptied due to ISIS attacks and their location on the frontlines with the Turkish forces, according to the residents.
Syriac Military Council and Assyrian Khabour Guards Forces, which are affiliated with the SDF, are tasked with protecting Assyrian villages near Tel Tamr from frequent attacks and shelling by Turkish forces and their affiliated armed factions.
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.