Local sources in Syria reported a resumption of clashes between Turkish-affiliated elements occupying areas in the north of the country, claiming that a number of these elements had been killed.
Local sources in northern Syria announced today (Sunday) that for the second time in the past few days, there has been intense fighting between Turkish-affiliated armed elements in the al-Hasakah and al-Raqqa areas in northern Syria. Last Friday, these Turkish-affiliated elements clashed.
According to the Syrian Opposition Watch, a Syrian opposition human rights watchdog, widespread clashes between Turkish-affiliated elements using heavy and light weapons have so far left one dead and several wounded on both sides.
The London-based watchdog said in a statement, citing local Syrian sources, that clashes with machine guns and some medium-sized weapons between elements of the Lashkar-e-Hamza group affiliated with Turkey near the city Ras al-Ain took place in the northern suburbs of al-Hasakah.
The reasons for the clashes have not yet been announced, according to Human Rights Watch, citing local sources.
Last Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which belongs to the Syrian opposition, also reported clashes between Turkish-affiliated groups in the Naba al-Rubaye area on the outskirts of al-Raqqa.
According to the watchdog, clashes broke out between elements of the Turkish-affiliated Ahrar al-Sharqiya and Filaq al-Sham groups with medium and heavy weapons in Ain Isa, al-Sharkrak and the Turkmen Bath in the northern suburbs of al-Raqqa. These clashes first started with the attack of the forces of Ahrar al-Sharqiya and the capture of the headquarters of “Abu Jihad al-Raqqa” and the “Al-Khattab” army affiliated to the Filaq al-Sham.
Clashes and tensions in the area have killed at least one person and injured a number of civilians in the village of al-Sharkrak, as well as a number of hostilities.
Meanwhile, the Ahrar al-Sharqiya armed group announced that it had captured three members of Lashkar-e-Khattab. These two Syrian armed groups are both affiliated with Turkey.
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Northern Syria has become so insecure and chaotic in recent years due to the absence of Syrian forces and the occupation of the region by Takfiri terrorists, the Kurds, the Turkish military and US forces, to the extent that the region has been divided among the mentioned forces and the people of northern Syria have experienced many problems in recent years due to insecurity.
Although Ankara played a significant role in supporting the terrorists with the beginning of the Syrian crisis and turning it into a war in March 2011, the presence of Turkish troops in northern Syria and the occupation of some areas since 2016 and the subsequent construction of dozens of illegal bases Started and completed in northern Syria.
Since 1996, the Turkish army has carried out two operations, “Euphrates Shield” (September 23, 1995 to April 30, 1996) and Operation Olive Branch (December 20, 1996 to April 25, 1997), 4,000 kilometers from Syrian territory, including Afrin. It has occupied the cities of Al-Bab, Azaz, and Jarablus, and has established several bases in Idlib province in support of the terrorist group Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra).
Turkish-affiliated terrorist groups, which play a key role in destabilizing northern Syria, are constantly fighting each other in order to expand their sphere of influence, with civilians in the region suffering the most.