Ten civilians killed in exchange of fire between Turkish forces, SDF in Syria’s Aleppo
Ten civilians have been killed in an exchange of fire between Turkish forces and the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the northern province of Aleppo.
Syria’s official news agency SANA reported that the Turkish troops and their allied militants exchanged rocket and artillery fire with the Kurdish-led SDF militants on Wednesday.
The news agency cited local sources and media reports as saying that 10 civilians were killed and nearly 32 others injured as several missiles and artillery shells hit residential neighborhoods in al-Bab City in the northern countryside of Aleppo.
The sources said that the death toll is expected to rise due to the severity of injuries.
The SDF is an alliance of mainly US-sponsored Kurdish forces fighting against the Damascus government in northern and eastern Syria.
According to the report, the exchange of fire also forced an unspecified number of families to leave their homes.
Turkey has deployed forces in Syria in violation of the Arab country's territorial integrity.
Ankara-backed militants were deployed to northeastern Syria in October 2019 after Turkish military forces launched a long-threatened cross-border invasion in a declared attempt to push fighters of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) away from border areas.
Ankara views the US-backed YPG as a terrorist organization tied to the homegrown Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has been seeking an autonomous Kurdish region in Turkey since 1984.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and other senior officials have said Damascus will respond through all legitimate means available to the ongoing ground offensive by Turkish forces in the northern part of the Arab country.
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