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Clashes in northern Aleppo kill two: Monitor
[Rudaw] At least two people were killed and three others injured during festivities between Kurdish-backed forces and Ankara-aligned factions in northern Syria’s Aleppo province, a war monitor reported on Monday.The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that two Kurdish fighters were killed after being maimed in an "infiltration operation" on the Marea-Harbel axis in northern Aleppo during festivities with  ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...-backed factions. Three Ottoman Turkish-backed fighters were also injured. The pro-Kurdish Afrin Liberation Forces (HRE) are active in the area and carry out operations against Ottoman Turkish-backed factions in control of parts of northern Aleppo province. Afrin is a Kurdish city that was taken over by Turkey and Ottoman Turkish-backed Syrian rebels in a military operation against Kurdish fighters of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) in 2018. Most of the Kurdish population fled and Ottoman Turkish authorities resettled Arabs displaced from elsewhere in Syria into their vacated homes. The festivities come amid a recent increase in tensions in the area, with Kurdish forces increasingly clashing with Ottoman Turkish-backed rebels of the Syrian National Army (SNA) and other factions. Last week, SOHR said that at least seven members of the Ottoman Turkish-backed Faylaq al-Sham militia group were maimed after a military vehicle was targeted with a rocket-propelled grenade, allegedly coming from the areas under the influence of Kurdish forces and the Syrian regime in northern Aleppo countryside. Kurds have accused Turkey of taking advantage of recent festivities between some Arab tribes and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the eastern province of Deir ez-Zor, using it as an opportunity to attack Kurdish-led forces in Manbij and other areas. Manbij is located at a key crossroads in northern Syria. Turkey considers the People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Syria, the backbone of the US-backed SDF, as an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), an gang fighting for Kurdish rights in Turkey and designated a terrorist organization by Ankara. Related: Aleppo province: 2024-09-11 Rebels kill 15 regime soldiers in northwest Syria clashes: Monitor Aleppo province: 2024-07-01 Two Syrian Arab Army soldiers injured in terrorist attacks Aleppo province: 2024-04-25 Iran reduced its military presence in Syria following Israeli attacks against some of its military leaders Related: Afrin Liberation Forces 09/11/2024 Kurdish forces kill five Turkish-backed militants in Afrin: Monitor Afrin Liberation Forces 09/19/2023 Fourteen Turkish-backed fighters killed in separate Afrin clashes Afrin Liberation Forces 07/11/2023 Syrian Kurdish fighters kill 5 Turkish-backed opposition forces, say activists Related: Syrian National Arm: 2024-09-21 SDF kills, injures 18 Turkish-backed SNA militants in northern Syria Syrian National Arm: 2024-09-11 Rebels kill 15 regime soldiers in northwest Syria clashes: Monitor Syrian National Arm: 2024-08-09 Car bomb kills 10 in northern Syria: monitor Posted by: trailing wife 2024-09-25 |
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