DAMASCUS, Oct 9 (NNN-SANA) – Turkish forces, on Tuesday evening, shelled a position of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in northern Syria, without causing human losses.
The source, who is close to the SDF, said that, the artillery shelling targeted an SDF position in the Ras al-Ayn area, known in Kurdish as Sari Kani, in the countryside of the northeastern province of Hasakah.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor also reported the Turkish shelling on Ras al-Ayn, saying it comes in tandem with the arrival of more Turkey-backed Syrian rebels to the Turkish territories, to take part in the planned Turkish military campaign against the Kurdish forces in northern and northeastern Syria.
The shelling comes, after U.S. President, Donald Trump, warned against the repercussions, going “off-limits” in the planned offensive against the U.S.-backed SDF.
“If Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off-limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey,” Trump said, after he ordered the withdrawal of U.S. forces from two observation points near the Syrian-Turkish border.
The withdrawal of the U.S. forces was criticised by the Kurdish militia, as the United States has been their main support in northern Syria.
Syria’s national TV, said that, Turkish forces targeted positions of the SDF in northeastern Syria.
The Kurdish militia forces have been controlling areas in northern Syria since the early years of the crisis in Syria, in order to force Damascus to recognise a federal rule or autonomy for the Kurds in northern Syria.
However, the Syrian government repeatedly said, Kurdish federalisation or self-rule is out of the question.
As a response to the Turkish threats of launching a military campaign in Syria, Syria’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Faisal Mekdad, said that, the Syrian government will defend all Syrian areas and will not accept any form of occupation by foreign forces.– NNN-SANA
