SDF: ISIS attack in Deir Al-Zour countryside thwarted amid continuing Turkish occupation, its mercenaries’ attack

The Media Center of the Syrian Democratic Forces today issued a statement to the public opinion, through which it revealed the outcome of the military operations in the period between the 2 and 5 of January.

The text of the statement read:

"The Turkish occupation army and its mercenaries are bombing the populated areas of Tal Tamr and Ain Issa with heavy weapons and missiles.

Tell Tamr

Mercenaries of the Turkish occupation army bombed the villages of Rashidiya and Al-Bab and its surrounding area.

Ein Issa

The Turkish occupation army bombarded with heavy weapons, mortars and missiles the villages of Umm Huwaish, Kur Hassan, Khirbet Baqr, Dibs, Al-Khalidiya, and Al-Saqr Restaurant near the village of Khalidiya.

In a related context, the Turkish occupation mercenaries tried to launch ground attacks on the positions of the Syrian regime forces, and the shelling and attack resulted in material damage to the property of the people of the region.

Countering attack on border forces

The Self-Defense Forces foiled an attempt by ISIS mercenary cells to launch a missile attack in the countryside of Deir Ezzor, as ISIS mercenary cells were preparing to launch a large-scale attack on the positions of the Self-Defense Forces and Border Guard in Deir Ezzor countryside with large quantities of shells and mines, and the Self-Defense Forces managed to foil the attack, and it seized large quantities of shells and many types of explosives. "

J.O