At least five soldiers of the Syrian government forces have been killed and two others wounded in the past 24 hours in Turkish shelling of positions in the Til Rifat in north-western Syria. According to information from the region, drone and artillery attacks by the Turkish army and its jihadist proxy forces have been taking place in Shehba and Afrin’s Sherawa district since Tuesday evening. Reports say that the drone attacks were aimed directly at military posts of the Syrian government.

The towns and villages on the northern outskirts of Aleppo have been under Turkish fire since the occupation of Afrin in March 2018. Since the beginning of this week, there have been repeated security incidents. On Monday, a Turkish drone strike on an armoured personnel carrier in Shehba killed one Russian soldier and injured three others.

On Saturday, three members of the People's Defence Units (YPG) were killed in a targeted drone attack by Turkey in the south of Tel Rifat, and two other members of the Kurdish fighting alliance were injured. Around the same time, Turkish jihadist occupation forces carried out ground attacks in the region.

Manbij and Kobanê are also affected by the Turkish drone war against the autonomous region of northern and eastern Syria. In Manbij, four fighters of the local military council were killed, and another was injured. In the surroundings of Kobanê, three people were injured in a drone attack on Monday.