Syria’s Raqqa countryside bombed by Turkey

AIN ISSA, Syria (North Press) – On Sunday, the Turkish forces and the affiliated opposition factions bombed the countryside of Tel-Abyad, Ain Issa, and the M4 motorway, north of Raqqa, with missiles and heavy weapons.

Ten villages in the countryside of Tel-Abyad and Ain Issa  have been bombed since 1:00 p.m by the Turkish forces and opposition factions,” North Press reported a source from SDF.

According to the source, the villages of zanoubia Sawwan, Um Hwesh, Hoshan, Mu’allaq, Kor Hassan, Khirbat Baqara, Hemar, Nu’et and the M4 motorway, were hit with heavy weapons.

Three shells fell north of the Abu Surra junction, next to a Syrian government military point, west of the town of Ain Issa, the source said.

“Dozens of shells fell on those villages, which are only a few kilometers away from the town of Ain Issa,” local residents said.

The bombing was launched from two Turkish bases in the villages of Salb Qur’an and Dinai, a military source told North Press.

The bombing came in tandem with the flight of Turkish reconnaissance planes over Ain Issa town and its countryside.

A person was killed in the bombing on the M4 motorway. It also caused material damage to the property of the residents of those villages mentioned.

The town of Ain Issa and other areas in north Syria are continuously bombed by the Turkish forces and the opposition factions.

Reporting by Gulistan Muhammad