Turkey shells 19 villages in northeastern Syria
TEL TAMR, Syria (North Press) – Turkish forces and Turkish-backed armed opposition factions, also known as Syrian National Army (SNA), shelled on Sunday 19 villages in the countryside of the town of Tel Tamr, north of Hasakah Governorate, northeast Syria.
Earlier on Sunday, the Turkish artillery targeted the villages of Tawila, Tel Shanan, Umm al-Keif, the vicinity of the Russian Military Base, Tel Juma’, Ghaybish, al-Mujebra, Bab al-Kheir, and al-Khashma in the northern and western countryside of Tel Tamr.
Additionally, the Turkish artillery shelled Qabr al-Khedrawi, Tel Hermel, al-Asadiya, Mushairfa Zarkan, Tel al-Amir, Bsais and Harmallah in the town of Zirgan (Abu Rasin), according to an eyewitness.
Due to the Turkish shelling, two civilians were killed and nine others were wounded, North Press cited a source from the area.
A source of Tel Tamr Military Council, affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), said that the Turkish military forces expanded the area of bombardment around the town of Tel Tamr to include Tel Tawil, Dashisha, Sukar and al-Ahaimer, while the bombing continued on the villages of Mujebra, Tel Shanan and Umm al-Keif.
Turkey and the SNA factions, escalated on Saturday the shelling of villages in north of Hasakah. As a result, Tel Tamr power transformer station went out of service for the 27th time during this year.
This comes in conjunction with another Turkish escalation on villages in Aleppo northern countryside, which is targeted on an almost daily basis.
The Turkish escalation followed Tehran Summit in which, according to analysts, Turkey failed to obtain a green light from Iran and Russia to launch a military operation against northern Syria.
Tel Tamr has been under constant attack by Turkish military and its affiliated SNA for more than two years despite a ceasefire agreement signed among the external forces to cease Turkish hostilities.
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 the Jazira region in northeast Syria to Aleppo Governorate in northwest.
In addition to the Tel Tamr Military Council and the Syrian government-backed posts, there are Turkish, Russian and American forces in the vicinity of the town.