afrinpost – Special
The Turkish forces renewed their intense artillery and missile shelling, this morning, Saturday, on the villages of Al-Shahba area in the northern countryside of Aleppo, after two members of the Syrian regime forces were killed and others were wounded at midnight Friday-Saturday.
Our reporter stated that the Turkish forces renewed intensive artillery shelling on the villages of Al-Nayrabiyah, Zwayan, Tal Jijan, Tal Madiq, Al-Samouqa, Dam Al-Shahba, Hassajek, Kharbasa, Khirbet Al-Shaala and Jabal Nayef, without information on the extent of the damage until now.
The Turkish forces deliberately shelled the densely populated villages, as several shells fell within the residential neighborhoods of the aforementioned villages, causing a state of fear and panic among the indigenous people and the forcibly displaced Afrin IDPs.
“The artillery and missile shelling also targeted a point of the Syrian regime forces on the outskirts of the village of Al-Ziyara in Sherawa district, which led to the killing of two members of the Syrian regime forces and the wounding of others of varying degrees, including critical cases.” the reporter said.
“In addition, points of the Syrian regime forces stationed in the villages of Radar Al-Shaala, Tal Rahal and Tal Al-Anab were also shelled by the Turkish forces stationed at the Thulthana and Hazwan bases in Al-Bab countryside, east of Aleppo.” the reporter added.
Our reporter indicated that the Turkish forces expanded their intense artillery shelling after midnight Friday-Saturday, to include the villages of Soganka, Khourebka, the vicinity of Al-Awda camp and Deir Jamal in Sherawa district, in addition to shelling the vicinity of the city of Tel Rifaat and Sheikh Issa with rocket launchers.
While the Syrian regime forces stationed in the village of Kafr Nasih in the countryside of Aleppo responded with heavy artillery the Turkish forces and their militias stationed on the outskirts of the occupied city of Marea, without information received about the size of human losses until now.