Turkish artillery shells Syria’s Tel Tamr for 3rd day in row
TEL TAMR, Syria (North Press) – Turkish forces and Turkish-backed armed Syrian opposition factions, known as Syrian National Army (SNA), shelled on Saturday the countryside of the town of Tel Tamr north of Hasakah, northeastern Syria, with heavy artillery for the third day in a row.
A source in Tel Tamr Military Council, affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), told north press that the Turkish forces shelled the two villages of Sheikh Ali and Dardara, north of the town, causing material damage.
On Thursday evening, Turkish artillery shelling led to the interruption of the 66 kV line cables feeding the power substation, which caused a complete power outage in the town.
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.
The town has been under constant attack by Turkish forces and their SNA factions for more than two years.
Parts of the northern and western countryside of the town and the entire southern countryside are protected by the Syriac Military Council and the Assyrian Khabour Guards Forces, while the Turkish-backed armed Syrian opposition factions control the northern countryside up to the city of Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain) on the northern border of Syria.