BALADI NEWS
Turkish-backed Syrian National Army have clashed with Kurdish-led forces (YPG) near Abu al-Rasain area north of Hasaka province despite the presence of Russia's monitoring posts, Zaman al-Wasl newspaper cited local activists as saying Sunday.
The clashes between both sides in a zone between the towns of Tal Tamr and Ras al-Ayn left dozens dead on both sides over the past few weeks.
A total of 251 Turkish-backed Syrian rebels have been killed in a military operation launched in October against Kurdish-led militias in northeast Syria, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Thursday.
Turkey and the National Syrian Army on October 9 launched a cross-border attack against Kurdish-held areas, grabbing a 120-kilometre-long (70-mile) swathe of Syrian land along the frontier.
Source: Zaman al-Wasl.