YPJ Commander: Ain Issa fighting inspired by Newroz

This came in an interview conducted by ANHA with Melitan Ciya, a YPJ commander after a sporadic shelling on the International Aleppo-Hasaka Highway known as the M4, was carried out in the aftermath of violent ground offensive on the village of Saida and that of Mi'alagh for two successive days by the Turkish Occupation Forces and the affiliated mercenary groups. .

''the exploitation by the Turkish Occupation Forces of the initiative undertaken by the SDF in coordination with the Russian Forces for the civilian return to their homes in Saida as tens of mercenaries sneaked into the village outskirts in line with peoples returning home to occupy the village in such a way but our forces repelled to the mercenaries inflicting heavy losses on them, as others retreated their way to the Turkish bases, leaving their comrades bodies behind'', she said.

After the heavy losses inflicted on the mercenary groups some posts between the village of Saida and that of Mi'alagh were shelled by the Turkish warplanes. 

On March 20^th, 2021, in a statement released by the Media and Information Office of the Syrian Democratic Forces in which the deaths of 18 mercenary deaths were stated. 

Melitan Ciya said that their forces put up resistance bravely and showed their preparedness in repelling to the enemy that tries to occupy more territories, and that the enemy ought to concede defeat and to realize the will of the SDF fighters and that of the freedom aspiring peoples, '' inspired by the spirit of Newroz, SDF fighters expelled invaders from Ain Issa to embellish this Newroz another victory by the free peoples'', she concluded.

In the course of the last four months Turkish Occupation Forces have been met with failure to occupy a village out of six lying to the north of the the International Aleppo-Hasaka Highway known as the M4,via sneaking operations by the mercenary groups.

L.A.

ANHA