Turkish Army Clash With Hay'et Tahrir al-Sham Fighters In Turkey Border.
Turkish forces have clashed with Hay'et Tahrir al-Sham fighters in Idlib province on the Syria-Turkey border,
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said on Sunday that the Turkish troops exchanged fire with the rebel alliance near the village of Kafr Lusin.
Hay'et Tahrir al-Sham, commonly known as Tahrir al-Sham, is spearheaded by the former al-Nusra Front, which used to be al-Qaeda's branch in Syria.
In 2016, however, it changed its name and broke formal allegiance to the global movement founded byOsama bin Laden.
"Turkish forces are not on Syrian soil yet," Abdulrahman said, adding that army was firing artillery shells across the border, while the rebel alliance attacked a Turkish military base.
"Yes, there was heavy fire. Tahrir al-Sham hit a Turkish bulldozer on the border, so Turkish troops responded with fire. But things have calmed down now," Musa Khaled, commander of the 13th division of the Free Syrian Army, said.
Meanwhile, residents of the border area and local rebels told Reuters news agency that Turkish military vehicles were seen entering Idlib province under escort of Tahrir al-Sham rebels, allegedly to broker an agreement between the two sides.
On Saturday Turkish PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan said Syrian rebels backed by Turkish forces would launch an operation in that area, which is mostly controlled by Tahrir al-Sham.
The push on Saturday came as Turkey along with Russia and Iran prepared to set up a so-called "de-escalation" zone in Idlib province, in line with deals in talks in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, aimed at ending the Syrian civil war.
Idlib is largely held by the Hay'et Tahrir al-Sham alliance, which was not part of the talks and has rejected the implementation of a de-escalation zone.
Meanwhile, the Syrian army and its allies encircled the ISIL bastion of al-Mayadeen in Deir Az Zor province in the country's east, a Syrian military source said on Sunday.
Government forces, allied militias and Russian aircraft have stepped up the fight against (ISIS) in Deir Az Zor in de past days, reportedly killing scores of fighters, including foreign mercenaries.
Russia's defence ministry on Saturday said its forces killed about 120 ISIL (ISIS) fighters and more than 60 foreign mercenaries in a series of air raids in al-Mayadeen and near the border town of Al Bukamal, also in Deir Az Zor.
Many of mercenaries came from the former Soviet Union,Tunisia and Egypt, according to the ministry.
Turkish forces have clashed with Hay'et Tahrir al-Sham fighters in Idlib province on the Syria-Turkey border,
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said on Sunday that the Turkish troops exchanged fire with the rebel alliance near the village of Kafr Lusin.
Hay'et Tahrir al-Sham, commonly known as Tahrir al-Sham, is spearheaded by the former al-Nusra Front, which used to be al-Qaeda's branch in Syria.
In 2016, however, it changed its name and broke formal allegiance to the global movement founded byOsama bin Laden.
"Turkish forces are not on Syrian soil yet," Abdulrahman said, adding that army was firing artillery shells across the border, while the rebel alliance attacked a Turkish military base.
"Yes, there was heavy fire. Tahrir al-Sham hit a Turkish bulldozer on the border, so Turkish troops responded with fire. But things have calmed down now," Musa Khaled, commander of the 13th division of the Free Syrian Army, said.
Meanwhile, residents of the border area and local rebels told Reuters news agency that Turkish military vehicles were seen entering Idlib province under escort of Tahrir al-Sham rebels, allegedly to broker an agreement between the two sides.
On Saturday Turkish PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan said Syrian rebels backed by Turkish forces would launch an operation in that area, which is mostly controlled by Tahrir al-Sham.
The push on Saturday came as Turkey along with Russia and Iran prepared to set up a so-called "de-escalation" zone in Idlib province, in line with deals in talks in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, aimed at ending the Syrian civil war.
Idlib is largely held by the Hay'et Tahrir al-Sham alliance, which was not part of the talks and has rejected the implementation of a de-escalation zone.
Meanwhile, the Syrian army and its allies encircled the ISIL bastion of al-Mayadeen in Deir Az Zor province in the country's east, a Syrian military source said on Sunday.
Government forces, allied militias and Russian aircraft have stepped up the fight against (ISIS) in Deir Az Zor in de past days, reportedly killing scores of fighters, including foreign mercenaries.
Russia's defence ministry on Saturday said its forces killed about 120 ISIL (ISIS) fighters and more than 60 foreign mercenaries in a series of air raids in al-Mayadeen and near the border town of Al Bukamal, also in Deir Az Zor.
Many of mercenaries came from the former Soviet Union,Tunisia and Egypt, according to the ministry.
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