Syrian government forces respond to Turkish shelling in Aleppo countryside
ALEPPO, Syria (North Press) – Syrian government forces targeted on Sunday military posts of Turkish forces in the village of Kafr Jannah in the countryside of Afrin region, in the northern countryside of Aleppo Governorate with five missiles.
This came in a response to Turkish escalation on the northern countryside of Aleppo, as Turkish-backed armed opposition factions, also known as Syrian National Army (SNA), fired 58 artillery shells on several villages in the northern countryside of Aleppo (Shahba region), which resulted in the injury of two soldiers of Syrian government forces, after targeting their checkpoint in the village of Tanab.
An informed source told North Press that the Syrian government forces fired the missiles from Menagh Air Base in Tel Rifaat.
The Turkish forces intensified shelling of the area, as they targeted the village of Aqiba, in Shahba region, with five shells, most of which fell on the road connecting the village of Aqiba with al-Ziyara, and one of them fell in a pine tree forest, 500 km away from Aqiba, damaging many trees, according to an eyewitness.
In addition, the SNA shelled the village of Tanab in Sharran district in the southeastern countryside of Afrin, with 30 shells, two of them fell near Russian base, 1km far from Tanab, at Faisal Mill, according to a military source.
The SNA factions targeted the villages of al-Malikiyah and Shawargha with 8 shells, lands between Tel Ajar and Faisal Mill with more than 12 shells, and the village of Sheikh Hilal with 3 shells, according to an eyewitness.
Additionally, the Turkish artillery shelled the road connects the towns of Tel Rifaat and Deir Jamal, in the northern countryside of Aleppo, with six shells. This followed other six Turkish shells fell on the vicinity of Tel Rifaat.
The number of the Turkish shells on the northern countryside of Aleppo has reached 85 ones, resulting in material damage.
Despite Turkish forces and its affiliated factions have been targeting the villages of Aleppo’s northern countryside a few months ago, today’s escalation is the heaviest one.