Sunday, July 24, 2022

TURKEY INVADES SYRIA

Turkey again targets northern Syria with artillery, mortars

TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) – Turkish forces once again targeted areas in northern Syria with artillery and mortars.

The Syrian news agency 'SANA reported on Sunday that the Turkish artillery attacked areas of northern Syria in Al-Hasakah.

According to the report, the Turkish forces targeted all the villages around the city of 'Abu Rasin' in the northwest of Al-Hasakah.

No further details have been released yet about the possible damages of the attack.

On July 18, Syrian opposition sources reported the Turkish drone attack on the joint headquarters of the Syrian army and the Syrian army militias in the city of 'Tall Rifat' in the north of Aleppo province.

The attack comes as the military cooperation between the Syrian army and the Kurdish militias has increased in the last week, and on Saturday some news was published about the dispatch of 300 Syrian army troops along with six tanks and a helicopter to the city of Manbij.

Meanwhile, a local source told the Sputnik news agency on Saturday that the Syrian army built three new military bases around the village of "Altrauziya" located in the north of Raqqa province in the north of Syria. 

The new bases are built near the international road known as "M-4".

Ongoing military escalation | Turkish forces fire over 50 rockets and artillery shells on Kurdish-held areas in northern-western Aleppo

Aleppo province: SOHR sources have reported that Turkish forces stationed in Baslahaya and Maryamin villages fired over 50 rockets and artillery shells on Kurdish-held areas in northern-western Aleppo. The intensive Turkish bombardment targeted positions in the villages of Tel Ajar, Shawarghah, Qal’at Shawarghah, Al-Malikiyah, Kafr Anton, Abbin, Oqaybah and the surrounding areas of Al-Ziyyarah village in Shirawa district in Afrin countryside. However, no casualties have been reported so far.

Yesterday, SOHR activists have reported that violent clashes with heavy and medium machineguns erupted on Saturday dawn between regime forces and “National Army” factions on the frontline of Tadaf city in Al-Bab countryside, east of Aleppo, amid exchange of artillery and rocket fire. No further details were reported about the number of casualties and material damage caused by the clashes and exchange of fire.

Meanwhile, Turkish forces stationed at Thulthana base on the outskirts of Marea in the northern countryside of Aleppo fired two artillery shells on the outskirts of Um Al-Qura and Hasajak villages in the northern countryside of Aleppo. Which caused material damage only.


UN Security Council to discuss Turkey's attacks on N Iraq

TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) – According to Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, the UN Security Council is scheduled to hold an emergency session next Tuesday to discuss the Turkish attacks on northern Iraq.

Addressing Iraqi Parliament members in the Saturday session, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said that UN Security Council would hold an emergency meeting next Tuesday to look over the recent Turkish attack in Northern Iraq, Kuwaiti News Agency 'Kuna' reported.

Earlier on Saturday, the Iraqi parliament held a session to investigate the case of the Turkish attack on northern Iraq.

The meeting was attended by Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein as well as 242 members of the Iraqi parliament.

Iraqi sources reported on Wednesday afternoon that several civilians were killed and injured during a Turkish artillery attack on the north of Iraq.

Although the Baghdad authorities insist that the attack was carried out by Turkish forces and that they are responsible for the deaths and injuries of Iraqi civilians, Ankara says that the country's forces did not attack civilians.

Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for an urgent investigation into the bombing of Duhok province.

No comments:

Post a Comment