Tens of Ankara Forces, Allied Militants Killed, Wounded in Kurdish Attacks in Northern Syria
Over 100 Turkish army men and Ankara-backed militants have been killed or wounded in clashes with Kurdish militias in occupied regions in Northern Syria in the last month, a Kurdish-language media outlet reported on Tuesday.
Hawar news quoted members of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) as reporting that the Kurdish militias conducted 38 attacks on the Turkish army and its allied militants in Northern Syria in the last 30 days, killing 11 Turkish soldiers and officers and 63 more militants.
It further said that 37 Ankara forces, including 6 soldiers were injured in the attacks.
The Kurds managed to destroy a base, 6 military vehicles and a tank, Hawar news said, adding that the Kurdish militias also seized a large volume of arms and ammunition.
Local sources reported on Wednesday that a large number of civilians started leaving Afrin in Northwestern Aleppo for safer regions after the Turkish army and its allied militants intensified looting people’s assets.
The sources said that local residents of Afrin started leaving their regions towards Aleppo city and the regions that were under the control of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), as measures done by the Turkish army and Ankara-backed militants deteriorated security in the region.
The Ankara forces have continued abduction of people, blackmail, plundering people’s assets and damaging civilians’ businesses.
FARS