According to an AFP correspondent in northern Syria, the clashes took place near the town of al-Bab, where local authorities announced that schools would remain closed today due to hostilities.
At least 15 Syrian fighters close to Turkey were killed on Sunday when they invaded territory controlled by Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which control vast swaths of the country’s northeast, “encroached on positions” of Ankara-backed groups on the outskirts of Aleppo, the Britain-based non-governmental organization said. sources in Syria.
“Both sides engaged in heavy fighting” in which fifteen Turkish-backed fighters were killed, according to the same source.
According to an AFP correspondent in northern Syria, the clashes took place near the town of al-Bab, where local authorities announced that schools would remain closed today due to hostilities.
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have been at the forefront of the fight against the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, whose last strongholds in Syrian territory fell in 2019.
Its dominant component is the People’s Protection Units (YPG), which Ankara describes as the Syrian arm of the outlawed Turkish Kurdish separatist organization the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
The PKK claimed responsibility for the attack in the Turkish capital on October 23. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan supported that the perpetrators “intruded” into his country’s territory from Syria.
Turkish troops and rebel groups close to Turkey control much of northern Syria after a series of attacks since 2016, mostly targeting the SDF.
Source :Skai
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