The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

With intense and violent ground shelling, the Turkish Forces and their loyal factions carry out a new attack on villages at Abu Rasin area (Zarkan) as more than 400 families displace

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored violent clashes between the Syria Democratic Forces and the regime forces against the Turkish Forces and the factions loyal to them, in Arisha village area and other areas of Abu Rasin area (Zarkan), amid heavy and intense shelling by the latter on positions of the first, in a new attack on the area in order to take more positions and points with air support of the Turkish drones, while the Syrian Observatory documented the killing of 3 members of the regime forces in the Turkish bombardment and clashes, and in the same context, reliable sources told the Syrian Observatory that more than 400 families were displaced from Arisha village and other villages in the area towards Tal Tamr town due to the shelling and clashes, also Tal Tamr  town is witnessing problems in the water because of the damage in the water station against the background of the battles.

And with the fall of more casualties, the death toll among the Syria Democratic Forces, military councils and internal security forces since the start of the Turkish military operation on Wednesday afternoon have risen to 283. The SOHR also documented the death of 24 members of the regime forces as a result of a missile targeting by the Turkish-backed factions on the areas of north-west of Manbij and the east of Ayn Issa town in positions of the regime forces’ deployment. Meanwhile, the number of deaths among Syrian factions loyal to Ankara and the pro-Turkey cells killed in the attacks and clashes against the SDF during the same period reached 216, including 21 of the cells loyal to Ankara killed in clashes with the SDF, in addition to 10 Turkish soldiers were killed during the battels, amid information about more dead Turks on the Turkish-Syrian border, and the number of those killed is likely to rise due to the high number of wounded, some of them in serious cases.