Turkish forces shell vital facility in Syria’s Hasakah
TEL TAMR, Syria (North Press) – Turkish forces and their affiliated armed opposition factions, aka the Syrian National Army (SNA), shelled on Thursday wheat silos in Hasakah Governorate in northeast Syria.
The Turkish forces and their SNA factions shelled the wheat silos of the village of Umm al-Keif in the north of the town Tel Tamr in Hasakah Governorate, a military source of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said.
The Turkish forces launch daily attacks on the countryside of Tel Tamr causing a state of instability.
The source added that this is not the first time the Turkish forces shell the silos on Northeast Syria region. He did not indicated to the volume of the damage.
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.