[AlMasdar] On Sunday around noon, Ottoman Turkish soldiers crossed the border into a Kurdish-held part of northern Syria after which heavy festivities broke out between the warring parties.
According to a local outlet, the Ottoman Turkish military briefly entered outskirts of Bubana town, some 15 kilometers west of Ayn al-Arab (Kobane), but were quickly expelled by Kurdish border guards.
Sporadic skirmishes continue in the region with bullets flying across both sides of the border.
Despite being the strongest ally of the US-led coalition, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) remain at odds with the Ottoman Turkish military due to ties with the outlet PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party).
The Ottoman Turkish Army and allied Islamist groups already control a large chunk of territory in northern Aleppo; however, the Ottoman Turkish-led forces are yet to push east of the Euphrates River despite ongoing aspirations of reaching Raqqa province. |