According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Turkey carried out airstrikes on positions of the Syrian regime army and Kurdish forces in northern Syria on Sunday, as a result of which three people were killed.
According to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory, these attacks targeted the positions of the regime forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces in the Qara Magh area and other areas in the suburbs of Kobani, which is controlled by the Kurds in eastern Aleppo. .
The observatory, which relies on a network of sources inside Syria, added that the three dead were Syrian soldiers and indicated that the death toll was likely to rise due to the critical condition of some of the wounded.
It should be noted that before the Turkish airstrikes, this area witnessed the targeting of Turkish lands from the same area that was bombed.
Last month, the Syrian government warned that it would respond to any direct attack by Turkey targeting its forces.
According to the official Syrian news agency (SANA), this warning was issued after the Turkish attack in mid-August on one of the positions of the Syrian army near Kobani, which resulted in the death of at least three soldiers.
Since 2016, Turkey has launched a series of cross-border military operations against Kurdish and Islamic State forces, but these operations have rarely resulted in the deaths of members of the Syrian army.
Ankara has stepped up attacks in Kurdish-held areas since a summit with Iran and Russia failed on July 19 to give it the green light to launch a new military operation against Kurdish fighters it considers terrorists.
And Syrian regime forces have been deployed in areas controlled by Kurdish fighters near the border with Turkey, as part of agreements aimed at halting new Turkish military operations.
Last week, the U.N.’s independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria said “another ground operation” by Turkey remains a threat in northern Syria, while “mobilization and fighting continue” between Turkish forces and their Kurdish opponents.
“Syria cannot return to war on a larger scale, but it may get here,” warned Paulo Pineiro, the committee’s chairman.
Source: Lebanon Debate
