Northern Syria struggling due to violence, in-fighting of Turkish backed groups

 Like most parts of the last decade, violence in Syria sees no end with the latest target being a town in the Northern part of Syria. A town in this part of the war-torn country has become the battleground of Turkish backed groups and US backed forces.

There are fears of large scale Turkish evasion in the area resulting in an increase in violence in the region. Activities from the rebel groups and especially those backed by Turkey have seen a rise in the town of Ain Issa as the Ankara funded Syrian militias are attacking US backed democratic forces.

This has resulted in people living in the area to displace and find a roof somewhere else in the country as they cannot even choose neighboring sites because fights had already damaged these areas.

The town has been in control of the Kurdish population led by SDF, which is also backed by the United States in its fight against the Islamic States capturing of major towns in the country. Russia, however, is against this as it strongly supports the Syrian government and also has a significant military presence in the nearby towns.

So, it won’t be wrong to say that the country is handled by three major factions Turkey, Russia and the US. SDF official has confirmed the news saying, “ When we refused the latest Russian demand to withdraw from Ain Issa, the situation escalated with Turkey and its Syrian proxies waging attacks on our forces on a daily basis.”

SDF has also said that Russia has been pressuring them to leave the town and hand it over to Bashar-al-Assad's government. The official while talking to VOA revealed that Russia and Turkey want SDF to move out of Ain Issa and other areas where our presence is there.”

“Ain Issa has become a foothold of infiltration, harassment, and terrorist attacks for PKK/YPG. The Ongoing terrorist attacks in Ras-al Ayn and OPS area are the evident consequence of such hostility,” SDF officials further said.