a Turkish drone strike targeted fighters of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) who were manning a post located only 20 meters away from a key base of the Russian Military Police near the town of Tell Tamer in the northern countryside of al-Hasakah.
In a statement, the SDF’s Tell Tamer Military Council said that two of its fighters were wounded as a result of the drone strike.
Following the strike, the Turkish military and its proxies shelled the villages of Tell Shinan which is also located near Tel Tamer.
The Russian Military Police has been deployed near Tel Tamer since October of 2019 to monitor a Russian-Turkish de-escalation agreement. The Syrian Arab Army also maintains a number of posts around the town.
This was the seventh Turkish drone strike to targeted SDF-held areas since the beginning of February. The SDF responded to previous strikes by targeting Turkish-occupied areas in the northern and northeastern Syria.
Tensions between Turkish forces and the SDF will not likely fade away anytime soon. The two sides may soon find themselves in a serious military confrontation.
Source: South Front