Turkish drone hits town in Syria’s Aleppo countryside
ALEPPO, Syria (North Press) – A Turkish drone targeted a site opposite of a hospital in the town of Tel Rifaat in the northern countryside of Aleppo, but only material losses were reported,a military source told North Press on Wednesday.
The source added that the drone fell down on lands surrounding the hospital.
On Tuesday, more than 125 Turkish artillery shells targeted villages of Aleppo northern countryside. Also, the center of Tel Rifaat was hit with about 15 shells and its outskirts with about four shells.
As a result six individuals were wounded, according to eyewitnesses.
Lately, Turkish forces and their affiliated armed Syrian opposition factions, also known as Syrian National Army (SNA), have escalated their shelling of villages in Aleppo northern countryside.
Turkey has escalated its attacks on areas in north and northeast Syria, using artillery and drones following Tehran Summit, in which Turkey failed to obtain a green light by Iran and Russia to invade the region.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has recently announced plans to carry out another major military cross-border incursion into northern Syria. Erdogan specified his targets in the two northern Syrian cities of Manbij and Tel Rifaat.
On July 1, Erdogan said that Ankara’s new military operation in northern Syria could begin at any moment.
“The time has come to clear these lands from the terrorist organizations,” Erdogan threatened during Tehran Summit.
Tehran Summit, on July 19, brought together presidents of each of Iran, Russia and Turkey with the Syrian issue and Turkish threats on the top of its agenda.