Ankara-Backed Terrorists in Northern Aleppo Engage in Fresh Infighting

TEHRAN (Defapress)- Field sources in Northeastern Aleppo reported on Thursday that the militants fighting in Syria within the framework of Operation Euphrates Shield engaged in fierce clashes with the militants in the village of al-Tokhar al-Kabir in Jarabulus.

They underlined continued armed clashes among the terrorists in the region, adding that a number of militants were killed and wounded.

The reason for the clashes is still unknown.

In a relevant development last month, a number of gunmen were also killed or wounded in a fresh wave of tensions and infighting between two Ankara-backed militant groups in the town of Afrin in Northwestern Aleppo, local sources reported.

The sources said that the al-Shamiyeh Front engaged in fierce clashes with the militants of the Free Police, both affiliated to the Turkish army, in a Park in Afrin.

The sources said that the clashes left two al-Shamiyeh gunmen dead as well as a number of casualties among civilians

A wave of panic has covered residential areas in the town following the infighting, the sources added.

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