Turkish military escalation in NE Syria

Since the beginning of this week, the regions of NE Syria have witnessed Turkish military escalation using drones and artillery, resulting in martyrs and injuries.

Turkish military escalation in NE Syria
15 June, 2023   05:49
NEWS DESK- JUMA MOHAMMED

ANHA agency's correspondents monitored the developments and military escalation in NE Syria.

On Saturday, June 10, a drone belonging to the Turkish occupation targeted a car on the road to the village of Maarata and Al-Ahdath district in the countryside of Aleppo led to martyrdom 3 fighters from the People's Protection Units and wounding two others where their funeral took place during a ceremony held on Monday, in the presence of thousands of people, at the shrine of the martyrs of the Resistance of the Age in Ahras district in Al-Shahba.

The bombing coincided with the issuance of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria through a statement, which explained: "As a result of the failure of the international community to respond to the calls and appeals of the Autonomous Administration of countries to receive their citizens from ISIS, and to achieve justice for the victims, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria decided to start trying ISIS mercenaries.

On Sunday, June 11, the Turkish occupation army and its mercenaries bombed the village of Baylouniyeh and the vicinity of Tal Rifaat district in al-Shahba with artillery and mortar shells, in addition to the village of Beina in the district of Sherawa and the villages of Maranaz, Shawarga, al-Malikiyah and Tat Marash in the countryside of Shera district in occupied Afrin with dozens of shells.

On Monday, June 12, a Turkish occupation drone targeted, at 11:55, a motorcycle on the Aleppo road at the southern entrance to the city of Kobani, which resulted in 3 injuries, namely; Muhammad Bahjat Ayoub (25 years old), Khabat Adham (28 years old) and Alaa Abdul Razzaq (22 years old).

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also said that a member of the Russian forces was killed, and 4 others were seriously injured, in a Turkish ground bombardment, targeting a Russian convoy on the Umm Al-Housh-Harbel farms road in the northern countryside of Aleppo, with heavy artillery, amid Russian helicopters flying over the area. .

 

On June 13, a Turkish occupation drone bombed a point of the Damascus government forces in the vicinity of Tal Rifaat district in al-Shahba, which resulted in the destruction of a tank and the wounding of a member of the forces. An occupation UAV also targeted another point of the Damascus government forces in the vicinity of the village of Aqiba in the Sherawa district of occupied Afrin, which resulted in damaging tank.

A drone of the Turkish occupation also targeted a point of the Damascus government forces in the vicinity of the village of Tanab in the Shera district of occupied Afrin.

The Turkish occupation army continued shelling the points of the Damascus government forces in the vicinity of the village of Aqiba, killing 3 members of the forces.

In Manbij, the Turkish occupation army bombed the vicinity of the village of Tokhar in the northern countryside with artillery and mortar shells.

An occupation reconnaissance plane bombed a checkpoint of the Manbij Military Council in the village of Daraj, where one of the council's fighters was martyred, according to a statement by MMC's Media Center.

The statement stated that Turkish drone bombed a point for the fighters of the Manbij Military Council in the vicinity of the Qarqouzak Bridge, east of Manbij, which resulted in the martyrdom of one of its fighters and the wounding of another.

Late on Tuesday, June 13, the Turkish occupation army bombed the vicinity of the Russian forces base in the village of Al-Wahshiyya in Al-Shahba, no information was received about the results of the bombing.

On Wednesday, June 14, a Turkish occupation drone targeted the village of Shawarga in the Shera district of the occupied Afrin canton, at approximately 00:30, wounding two of the Damascus government forces.

A drone of the Turkish occupation also targeted the vicinity of the village of Beina in Sherawa district, killing one soldier and wounding another of the Damascus government forces.

Moreover, the Turkish occupation drones bombed twice in a row on Wednesday morning a point of the Damascus government forces in the vicinity of Tal Rifaat district, killing 5 soldiers and wounding two others.

A Turkish occupation drone also targeted the vicinity of the village of Mayasa in Sherawa district, which resulted in material damage.

In Manbij, 5 fighters of the Manbij Military Council were martyred and two others were wounded in an attack by a Turkish occupation drone while they were trying to rescue two children who were injured by artillery shells fired by the occupation forces and targeted a farm in the village of Dandaniyah, northwest of the city of Manbij. In addition to another fighter in the bombing on the northern Manbij

Turkish drone also bombed a house in the village of Arab Hassan led to martyrdom a citizen.

The Turkish occupation army also launched drone attacks on the villages of Soghanka, Beina and Shawarga in the Sherawa and Shera districts, which resulted in material damage and the outbreak of fire in agricultural lands, in addition to shelling the village of Maalaq and Ain Issa camp in Ain Issa district with heavy artillery.

On June 14, the Turkish occupation army bombed the vicinity of the road linking the city of Qamishlo and Tirbespî near the cement factory in the village of Shorek, which resulted in 4 injuries and material damage to the cars passing on the road.

The Turkish occupation and its mercenaries also bombed the village of Al-Khalidiya and the M4 international road in the western countryside of Ain Issa district, in addition to targeting the village of Menagh in Al-Shahba canton.

It should be noted that, coinciding with this escalation, the region witnessed an intense flight of Turkish occupation drones and warplanes.

This escalation comes at a time when a Russian agency said on Wednesday that the deputy foreign ministers (Russia, Syria, Turkey and Iran) will meet in the Kazakh capital, Astana, on June 21.

The Russian President's Special Representative for Middle East and African Affairs, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, said that Russia's draft "road map" for normalization between Syria and Turkey is ready.

The Central Command of the US forces announced on Tuesday, June 13, "that 22 soldiers were injured of varying degrees as a result of a helicopter accident, on Sunday, in NE Syria, ten of whom were transferred outside the Middle East region to receive treatment."

The Media Center of the People's Defense Forces also announced that the legitimate defense areas in southern Kurdistan were bombed 85 times during the period between 10-11-12 June, which indicates the systematic military escalation carried out by the Turkish occupation against the Kurds in Rojava and Başûr.

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