Syria’s Kurdish Fighters at Entrance to Strategic Town in Aleppo

“The Kurdish fighters have only one hundred of meters to access the Western gate of Tal Rifat,” the sources said.

“A heavy battle is now underway near Tal Rifat and its surroundings,” they further added.

“The militant groups have been surprised by the rapid offensive of the Kurdish fighters and have been pinned down behind their defense lines,” the sources said.

“The Russian warplanes carried out several combat sorties over the militants’ position in the around the town and destroyed their defense lines,” they went on to say.

A report said on Saturday that Turkey’s army shelled Kurdish Fighters’ positions near the city of Azaz in Northwestern Syria.

Turkish forces started shelling an airbase and a village, recently captured by Kurds, in Aleppo province in Syria.

A Kurdish official confirmed that the shelling targeted the Minaq air base located South of Azaz in Aleppo province.