Turkish-backed Syrian rebels seize centre of Syrian border town, says senior Turkish official | Malay Mail

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ISTANBUL, Oct 12 — Turkish-backed Syrian rebels seized control of the centre of the Syrian border town of Ras al Ain town today, 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...

Saturday, 12 Oct 2019 05:53 PM MYT

“The national army took control of the town centre this morning. Inspections are being conducted in residential areas,” the official told Reuters. 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.

Thick plumes of smoke rose around Ras al Ain, one of two Syrian border towns targeted in the offensive, today as Turkish artillery pounded the area, said a Reuters reporter across the frontier in the Turkish town of Ceylanpinar.

 

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