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Turkish-backed Syrian rebels seize center of Syrian border town — Turkish official
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 12 - 10 - 2019

Turkish-backed Syrian rebels seized control of the center of the Syrian border town of Ras Al Ain town on Saturday, a senior Turkish security official said, as Turkey's offensive against a Kurdish militia in the region entered its fourth day.
"The (Syrian rebel) national army took control of the town center this morning. Inspections are being conducted in residential areas," the official told Reuters.
Turkish forces had overnight stepped up their bombardment of Ras Al Ain in their incursion, after US troops in the region came under artillery fire from Turkish positions.
The United States has ramped up its efforts to persuade Ankara to halt the offensive against the US-backed Kurdish YPG forces, saying Ankara was causing "great harm" to ties and could face sanctions.
Turkey launched its incursion after US President Donald Trump spoke by phone on Sunday with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and withdrew US troops who had been fighting alongside Kurdish forces.
There has been fierce international criticism of the assault and concern about its humanitarian consequences. The Syrian Kurdish-led administration said nearly 200,000 people have been displaced as a result of the offensive.
Erdogan dismissed the mounting criticism of the operation and said on Friday evening that Turkey "will not stop it, no matter what anyone says".
Thick plumes of smoke rose around Ras Al Ain, one of two Syrian border towns targeted in the offensive, on Saturday as Turkish artillery pounded the area, said a Reuters reporter across the frontier in the Turkish town of Ceylanpinar.
Intense gunfire also resounded from within Ras Al Ain while warplanes could be heard flying overhead.
It was quieter at Tel Abyad, the operation's other main target some 120 km to the west, with only occasional shelling heard in the area, another Reuters reporter said.
The Turkish-backed Syrian rebels said earlier they had cut the road which connects Ras Al Ain and Tel Abyad and had captured 18 villages since the operation began. Officials with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) could not immediately be reached for comment.
On Friday, the Pentagon said US troops came under artillery fire from Turkish emplacements though none of its soldiers were wounded near the Syrian border town of Kobani, 60 km west of the main area of conflict.
Turkey's Defense Ministry said its forces did not open fire at the U.S. base and took all precautions to prevent any harm to it while it was responding to fire from a nearby area by the Kurdish YPG militia, which Ankara regards as a terrorist group. -Reuters


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