Turkey renews its bombardment of villages and towns in northern Syria

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Local sources and eyewitnesses told"Sky News Arabia"The bombing targeted separate areas in Tal Tamr Al-Hasakah Governorate.

A Turkish drone also bombed the vicinity of a town Tel Rifaat In the northern countryside of Aleppo, near the Syrian-Turkish border, no casualties were reported.

The Tel Rifaat area, west of the Euphrates River, which has been controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces since the beginning of 2016, is a target of the Turkish forces, and along with other border areas in the Hasaka region, it has been subjected to continuous bombardment for days by the Turkish forces and the Ankara-backed factions.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces said: Mazloum Abdi on the site "Twitter"Any aggression against northern Syria will create a humanitarian crisis and negatively affect operations against ISIS "ISIS".

Abdi’s tweet comes a day after the Turkish president’s announcement Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Ankara plans to"Tal Rifaat and Manbij, Syria, cleared of terrorists" As he put it.

For its part, the United States rejected any Turkish expansion in northern Syria in the Kurdish areas supported by Washington, and a US Defense Department official (Pentagon) told"Sky News Arabia" This will expose Ankara to sanctions.

The US official stated that the administration of President Joe Biden has officially informed the Turkish government that any military expansion of the Turkish army in northern Syria, specifically in the direction of the areas of Tal Rifaat, Manhaj and Ain Issa, will have serious consequences for bilateral relations and the interests of innocent Kurdish citizens.

He added that the White House does not rule out that Congress will impose more sanctions on Turkey if it takes this step, which, as he put it, "America’s friends inside Syria were exposed to the Kurdish People’s Protection Units and the Syrian Democratic Forces" security, economic and livelihood threat.

The source, whose name preferred to be withheld, confirmed that Washington will continue its military, logistical and economic support to the Syrian Democratic Forces "In fulfillment of the role it played for several years in the war against ISIS, and in supervising the prisons of detainees from the terrorist organization".

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Local sources and eyewitnesses told “Sky News Arabia” that the bombing targeted separate areas in the city Tal Tamr Al-Hasakah Governorate.

A Turkish drone also bombed the vicinity of a town Tel Rifaat In the northern countryside of Aleppo, near the Syrian-Turkish border, no casualties were reported.

The Tel Rifaat area, west of the Euphrates River, which has been controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces since the beginning of 2016, is a target of the Turkish forces, and along with other border areas in the Hasaka region, it has been subjected to continuous bombardment for days by the Turkish forces and the Ankara-backed factions.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces said: Mazloum Abdi On Twitter, any aggression against northern Syria would create a humanitarian crisis and negatively affect operations against ISIS.

Abdi’s tweet comes a day after the Turkish president’s announcement Recep Tayyip Erdogan Ankara plans to “cleanse Tel Rifaat and Manbij, Syria, of terrorists,” as he put it.

For its part, the United States rejected any Turkish expansion in northern Syria in the Kurdish areas supported by Washington, and a US Defense Department official (Pentagon) told “Sky News Arabia” that this would expose Ankara to sanctions.

The US official stated that the administration of President Joe Biden has officially informed the Turkish government that any military expansion of the Turkish army in northern Syria, specifically in the direction of the areas of Tal Rifaat, Manhaj and Ain Issa, will have serious consequences for bilateral relations and the interests of innocent Kurdish citizens.

He added that the White House does not rule out that Congress will impose more sanctions on Turkey if it takes this step, which, according to him, “exposes America’s friends inside Syria from the Kurdish People’s Protection Units and the Syrian Democratic Forces” to the security, economic and livelihood threat.

The source, who preferred to remain anonymous, confirmed that Washington will continue its military, logistical and economic support to the Syrian Democratic Forces, “in fulfillment of the role it played for several years in the war against ISIS, and in supervising the prisons of detainees from the terrorist organization.”

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