Turkish shelling of Syria’s Ain Issa injures 4 children
RAQQA, Syria (North Press) – The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said that four children with their mother were injured in a Turkish shelling on Tuesday on the outskirts of Ain Issa, a town located in northern Syria.
The shelling targeted the house of the family in the village of Qartaj, south of Ain Issa, according to the official website of the SDF.
The village of Qartaj is 5 km away from Ain Issa and 45 km from the Syrian-Turkish border. It hosts dozens of the forcibly displaced people of Tel Abyad.
The injured were hospitalized at Raqqa National Hospital, the SDF reported.
Eyewitnesses told North Press that the vicinity of Ain Issa had witnessed heavy Turkish shelling on Tuesday night.
The shelling targeted the village of Mu’allaq, the Ain Issa camp and the M4 highway northwest of the town.
The countryside of Ain Issa and other regions of north and northeast Syria are frequently shelled by the Turkish forces and their affiliated Syrian armed opposition factions, also known as Syrian National Army (SNA) despite the signed ceasefire agreement there.
Following the Turkish “Peace Spring” military operation in October 2019, which resulted in the occupation of the two cities of Tel Abyad, north of Raqqa, and Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain), north of Hasakah, Turkey signed two ceasefire agreements, one was with Russia and the other was with the US.
The agreements stipulate halt of all hostilities there and the withdrawal of the SDF 30 km in depth away from the Turkish border in addition to conducting Turkish-Russian joint patrols in order to monitor the implementation of the agreements.