Turkey Shells Syrian Town, Kills Civilians
DAMASCUS (Dispatches) – Two civilians have been killed and four others wounded by Turkish shelling on a Syrian town in the countryside of the northeastern province of Hasakah, state TV reported.
The shelling targeted areas in the countryside of the town of Tal Tamr in Hasakah’s western countryside, said the report.
Meanwhile, the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported the Turkish deadly shelling.
The development came only a day after the Observatory reported that a family of four was injured after Turkish forces and their allied militants shelled their home in Rabia’at village in Abu Rasin district in the same province.
The Turkish forces have been active in northeastern Syria since last October when Turkey and allied Syrian militants launched a series of attacks on Kurdish-administered areas in northeastern Syria.
Separately, Turkish troops and their allies also fired mortar shells at Zarkan town and Muharmal village in the same district of Hasakah province. The shells damaged residential buildings, but there were no reports of casualties.
Also on Wednesday, the Observatory reported that Turkey had dispatched new reinforcements to Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, as Ankara beefs up its military presence in the embattled region following a ceasefire reached earlier this month with Moscow to halt an escalation of violence there.
The Britain-based war monitor, citing activists requesting anonymity, reported that a Turkish convoy, consisting of dozens of tanks, personnel carriers and armored vehicles, crossed into the Syrian territory through Kafr Lusin border crossing on Thursday afternoon, and headed towards Turkish positions.
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar announced on March 13 that the Russian and Turkish militaries had agreed on the details of a new ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib de-escalation zone following four days of talks in Ankara.
Akar said the first joint patrol by Turkey and Russia on the M4 highway in Idlib would take place on March 15, and that Turkey and Russia will set up joint coordination centers in the area.
The shelling targeted areas in the countryside of the town of Tal Tamr in Hasakah’s western countryside, said the report.
Meanwhile, the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported the Turkish deadly shelling.
The development came only a day after the Observatory reported that a family of four was injured after Turkish forces and their allied militants shelled their home in Rabia’at village in Abu Rasin district in the same province.
The Turkish forces have been active in northeastern Syria since last October when Turkey and allied Syrian militants launched a series of attacks on Kurdish-administered areas in northeastern Syria.
Separately, Turkish troops and their allies also fired mortar shells at Zarkan town and Muharmal village in the same district of Hasakah province. The shells damaged residential buildings, but there were no reports of casualties.
Also on Wednesday, the Observatory reported that Turkey had dispatched new reinforcements to Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, as Ankara beefs up its military presence in the embattled region following a ceasefire reached earlier this month with Moscow to halt an escalation of violence there.
The Britain-based war monitor, citing activists requesting anonymity, reported that a Turkish convoy, consisting of dozens of tanks, personnel carriers and armored vehicles, crossed into the Syrian territory through Kafr Lusin border crossing on Thursday afternoon, and headed towards Turkish positions.
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar announced on March 13 that the Russian and Turkish militaries had agreed on the details of a new ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib de-escalation zone following four days of talks in Ankara.
Akar said the first joint patrol by Turkey and Russia on the M4 highway in Idlib would take place on March 15, and that Turkey and Russia will set up joint coordination centers in the area.