[NPASYRIA] Ottoman Turkish forces and their affiliated armed opposition factions, also known as Syrian National Army (SNA), shelled on Saturday a village in the countryside of the town of Tel Tamr, north of Hasakah in northeastern Syria.
For over 20 days, the Ottoman Turkish forces have continued to bombard villages in the northern countryside of Hasakah causing displacement and casualties among residents.
| Continuing the work to drive out Hasakah’s native Kurds and tribals so that the Syrian refugees Turkey has been sheltering can be settled there as a buffer for Turkey’s border. |
Following the Ottoman Turkish incursion of Tel Abyad and Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain) in October 2019, The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
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signed two ceasefire agreements, one with Russia and the other with the US, stipulating ceasing all hostilities and the withdrawal of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) 32 km away from the Ottoman Turkish border. The SDF did withdrew from the border areas according to the agreement, but Turkey continues targeting the area.
The Ottoman Turkish forces fired artillery shells at the village of al-Gozaliya, north of Tel Tamr, said a military source of Tel Tamr Military Council, affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
The Ottoman Turkish shelling came at a time the villages of north of Hasakah witness a military escalation by Turkey.
Tel Tamr, which has a population of about 25,000 and is 30 km away from the Syrian-Ottoman Turkish border, is of strategic importance as it is a junction on the M4 Highway linking the Jazira region in northeast Syria to Aleppo governorate in northwest.
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