On 9 October, the SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) targeted, with more than 28 mortar shells, the Turkish occupation bases in the villages of “Um Shuaifa, Bab al-Faraj, Tal Muhammad, al-Dawudiya, and Abdul Hai” in the countryside of the Zarkan town.

According to the SDF Media Centre, the operations by the SDF within the framework of the right to self-defense resulted in the “elimination of four Turkish occupation soldiers and the injury of five others, raising the toll of eliminated soldiers to 15 and the wounded to 13 since the beginning of our legitimate retaliation operations recently.”

On the other hand, SDF reported that: “The President of the occupying Turkish regime has spread lies and false information regarding our sites targeted by their warplanes and the number of our martyrs, claiming that 162 of our fighters were martyred and 194 points were destroyed. We want to emphasize that these claims are repeated lies and disinformation. The targets attacked by the Turkish occupation were primarily civic service facilities that served the local population. This led to the martyrdom of about 45 people, including 11 civilians and members of the anti-drug forces, while they were at a training center on a non-combat mission at the time.”