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| Turkish Artillery Shells Villages In Aleppo |
| 2022-06-09 |
Turkish forces and their affiliated armed factions, also known as Syrian National Army (SNA), targeted on Wednesday Shahba region in Aleppo northern countryside where Afrin IDPs have been taking shelter since 2018. The Turkish forces and the SNA factions shelled the vicinity of the village of Umm Hawsh in lands planted with wheat. Since the Turkish “Olive Branch” operation in 2018, through which Turkey occupied Afrin region, the inhabitants fled their homes and resorted to Shahba region (Aleppo northern countryside) which includes about 40 villages and five camps and is controlled by Syrian government and Russian forces. The villages of the northern countryside of Aleppo are witnessing a Turkish military escalation, as they are bombed almost daily, coinciding with the start of the harvesting season. On Tuesday evening, the Turkish forces fired two shells at the village of Ibbin in the south of Afrin, wounding a woman in her forearm. The shelling also caused material damage to the house of two other civilians in the village. The Turkish military escalation in the northern countryside of Aleppo coincides with recent statements by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, threatening to launch a military operation on north Syria particularly Tel Rifaat and Manbij. On June 1, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan renewed his threats of launching a military operation on northern Syria, and specified his targets in the two Syrian cities of Manbij and Tel Rifaat, which include many Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). On May 23, Erdogan announced taking steps to complete the so-called remained portions of the “safe zone” plan along Turkey’s southern border saying, “We will soon take new steps regarding the incomplete portions of the project we started on the 30 km deep safe zone we established along our southern border.” The Turkish “safe zone” is an area of 30-35 km (19-22 miles) deep into Syrian territory that Turkey started establishing in 2019 to house Syrian refugees in an area along its border with Syria, as well as to keep it free from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which it regards as terrorists. |
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