SDF: Turkey tries to control eastern countryside of Syria’s Ain Issa
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Kino Gabriel, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) official spokesman, said on Saturday, that the Turkish offensives on the town of Ain Issa, north of Raqqa, are part of the Turkish policies and plans to impose its policies.
Gabriel added, in an exclusive statement to North Press, that the Turkish policies are reflected in an attempt to expand the scope of its control and its effects on regional foreign policies.
Gabriel stated that these offensives aim to control new areas and villages, especially in the eastern countryside of the town of Ain Issa, through infiltration attempts and a clash by “mercenaries” with the SDF.
He indicated that the infiltration attempts were fully confronted and there was an exchange of artillery and mortar shelling, as a response to these attacks and as a legitimate right to self-defense.
He held the Russian and American guarantors responsible for the Turkish offensives, as guarantors of the ceasefire agreements, because it is their duty to stop the Turkish violations and prevent them from violating the agreements.
On Saturday evening, the Turkish forces and Turkish-backed armed opposition groups renewed their shelling on the outskirts of the town of Ain Issa, in conjunction with the firing of light bombs over the town.
On Friday, the indiscriminate shelling of Ain Issa resulted in injuring two civilians, while three people were still under the rubble, according to Hussein Suleiman, an administrator in Martyr Omar Aloush Hospital.