Ankara-Backed Terrorists in Afrin Using Civilians as Human-Shield

TEHRAN (defapress)- Militants supported by Ankara have taken hostage a number of civilians in Afrin in Northwestern Aleppo as tensions between the Turkish army and its affiliated terrorists have heightened.

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Date: 25 November 2018 - 19:07

The Arabic-language service of Hawar news reported on Sunday that the militants have also planted bombs in the houses of civilians to detonate them if the Turkish army approaches them.

Meantime, reports said that a military convoy of the so-called National Free Army affiliated to the Turkish army has recently arrived in Afrin to help end infighting among the Ankara-backed militants.

An informed source said that Ankara plans to quell the terrorist groups which oppose Turkey's policies in Northern Syria, adding that these clashes would spread from Afrin to the Northern parts of Aleppo, including al-Ra'ei and Jandaris.

In a relevant development last Sunday, the Turkish army and its allied militants engaged in intense infighting in occupied Afrin region in Northwestern Aleppo.

The Turkish army commandoes assisted by a number of their allied militants started fierce clashes with Tajamo'a al-Sharqyah, another Ankara-backed militant group, in the occupied town of Afrin.

The army and its allied militants further closed off the entire roads to Afrin and laid siege on several neighborhoods, while heavy exchange of fire was reported in al-Filat street.

The clashes inflicted a number of causalities on both sides and also on civilians.

The clashes came after some of the Ankara-backed militants refused to obey Turkish troops' military orders in region.

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