HTS storms Jindires, calls for reinforcements in Aleppo countryside
Al Mayadeen's correspondent reports that the Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham terrorist group called for reinforcements to Afrin, Aleppo countryside.
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HTS militants from inside the town of Jindires (Social Media)
The Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham terrorist group, formerly known as Jabhat Al-Nusra or Al-Nusra Front, stormed the Syrian town of Jindires in Afrin, taking control over various parts of it, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported, saying that the storming took place amid confrontations in northwest Aleppo.
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"Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham called for reinforcements from Jabal Zawiya South of Idlib toward the fronts in Afrin in the Aleppo countryside," an Al Mayadeen correspondent added.
As the developments were taking place, Turkish-backed factions were fighting in various regions of the cities north of Aleppo, northern Syria.
"Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham took advantage of the clashes and stormed [Jindires] in support of the Ahrar Al-Sham organization against the Third Corps in the Afrin countryside after the latter attacked a THS convoy in the Afrin countryside, which led to several casualties among the group's militants," Al Mayadeen's correspondent said.
Al Mayadeen correspondent also reported that HTS forces are advancing toward the city of Afrin in northern Syria from the northwest and south of the city, adding that the Third Corps militants reinforce their positions in the vicinity of the city to face Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham.
The situation in the northern region has been mostly calm after a military state of high alertness was declared between the factions of the Turkish-linked Syrian National Army.
Skirmishes between the factions of the Turkish-backed militia are nothing unusual, and it is most prominent around areas with border crossings. The infighting is used by Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham to increase its control outside of its stronghold in Idlib toward border crossings in a bid to take control of them.
Two Syrian children killed, six injured in Turkish aggression
Turkey is not only undermining Syria's security with the terrorist groups it backs, as its own forces launched an artillery attack two weeks ago on the Abu Rasin district, killing two Syrian children and injuring six others.
“Turkish occupation artillery fired two shells on Musheirfat Zarkan, a village to the north of Abu Rasin district in Hasaka northern countryside”, local sources said as quoted by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).
The same sources added that Turkish troops also targeted the villages of Dada Abdal, Al-Nweihat, Umm Harmala, and others in the aforementioned district, causing material damage to the residents' properties.
It is worth noting that Syria continues to strengthen and reinforce its positions in the country in preparation for countering an aggression Turkey has announced earlier allegedly to fight Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants and establish a "safe zone" on Syrian soil.
