Syria: Terrorist groups firing rockets on the neighborhoods of Aleppo with reports of casualties, as the Turkish army raises its combat readiness on the border with Syria in the northern Raqqa countryside
The terrorist groups led by Hayat Tahrir Al Sham (Al Nusra front) shelled neighborhoods in Aleppo with rockets on Monday amid reports of injuries.
According to the Syrian news agency (SANA), the shelling led to the fall of a civilian and wounded others, pointing out that the terrorist attack was carried out by missiles on the neighborhoods of Hamdaniya and Al Azamiya in Aleppo.
On the other hand, the Turkish army and the factions of the Free Syrian Army raised their opposition to the fighting on the border with Syria in the northern Rifqa countryside.
“The Turkish army and the Free Syrian Army factions have completed their combat readiness in their positions near the city of Aqjah qalaa, near the town of Tal Abyad, in the northern country side of Raqqa district, waiting for orders from the Turkish army command and the joint operations room”, said a leader of the Syrian opposition council, Of the opposition factions.
The source, who asked not to be named, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that “a number of military reinforcements have arrived in the area of Aqjah Qalaa camp several days ago, and the arrival of forces of the Free Army factions, The forces that arrived in the area ready and heavy artillery was placed near the border”.
The source revealed that “a meeting will be held during the next two days between the Turks and the US officials in the Turkish capital Ankara, perhaps to pressure the Kurdish units to withdraw their elements from the area of Tel-white or perhaps to start a limited military action, as suggested by Turkey on the safe area, which extends a depth of 30-40 km from the Syrian border Turkish”.
The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said earlier in the day that it is necessary to establish a safe area on the Turkish-Syrian border, which must reach a depth of 30 to 40 kilometers inside Syrian territory.
Erdogan pointed out that his country launched an attack on the positions of Kurdish units east of the Euphrates, pointing out that there are expected steps in the areas of Tel Aviv and Tal Refat north of Syria in order to turn the terrorist belt into a safe area, as he described.
Turkey launched the operation “shield of the Euphrates” in 2016 and the operation “olive branch” in early 2018 against the Kurds in Syria.
