Sporadic Turkish shelling targets Syria’s Hasakah
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Turkish forces and their affiliated armed opposition factions shelled on Friday the vicinity of two villages in the town of Tel Tamr, north of Hasakah Governorate, northeast Syria.
A military source of Tel Tamr Military Council, affiliated with Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), told North Press that the shelling targeted the vicinity of Umm al-Kheir in the western countryside of Tel Tamr.
Three hours later, a similar shelling targeted the vicinity of al-Sheikh Ali village in the northern countryside of Tel Tamr. No casualties or losses were reported.
Since the beginning of September, dozens of villages in the northern countryside of Hasakah have been shelled by the Turkish forces and their opposition factions, also known as Syrian National Army (SNA).
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.