New Clashes Reported among Ankara-Backed Terrorists in Afrin

Local sources in Afrin reported that heavy clashes erupted between Ahrar al-Sharqiyeh and other terrorists in the Center of Afrin near the road leading to Rajou on Wednesday.

They added that the infighting killed and wounded a number of militants of both sides, adding that the terrorists in the region are on alert now.

Meantime, detention of civilians by the Ankara-backed militants still continues in Afrin with the aim of plundering the properties of residents.

In a relevant development last Monday, at least 13 terrorists were killed after Ankara-backed militant groups engaged in a fresh round of clashes in Afrin over controlling a key passageway at Syria-Turkey border, a Kurdish-language news agency reported.

Hawar news reported that Battalions of Sultan Murad and Firqa al-Hamza engaged in a fresh round of clashes with rival terrorists of Ahrar al-Sharqiyah and Aswad al-Sharqiyah in the villages of Hiyami, Ali Karo and Za’ara in Bolbol region in Afrin in Northwestern Aleppo, leaving at least 13 terrorists dead and several more wounded.

It further said that the infighting came after differences erupted among rival groups over running a border-crossing used by terrorists to traffic narcotics to Turkey with Turkish army’s coordination.

Hawar news went on to say that a Turkish army convoy was sent to the region to end several hours of infighting among terrorists.