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.”
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