DAMASCUS (Dispatches) -- Syrian government troops on Saturday retook a village in the country’s northeastern province of Hasakah from Turkish military forces and their allied militants following intense clashes.
Syria’s official news agency SANA reported that heavy skirmishes broke out on Saturday afternoon when the Turkish forces and their mercenaries launched an offensive against the village of Um Shuaifeh near the border with Turkey. The battles involved heavy and medium weapons and Syrian army soldiers finally managed to liberate the village and establish full control over it.