Turkey continues its military aggression against northern Syria. Currently, military violence is directed against villages near the town of Ain Issa and the occupied Girê Spî (Tal Abyad). Artillery shells hit at least thirteen villages in the region on Thursday, some of them densely populated. The source of the attacks are posts of the Turkish army and its jihadist auxiliaries in the occupied zone.

The villages attacked lie parallel to the M4 road, which runs through northern Syria like a lifeline and therefore represents a strategic supply route. Settlement areas such as the villages of al-Khalidiya, al-Debs and al-Alimat were targeted by the shelling. These villages were repeatedly subjected to heavy bombardment in the course of Turkey's latest wave of attacks against the autonomous region of northern and eastern Syria a fortnight ago. The M4 itself is also being bombed.

It is still unclear whether people were injured by the artillery strikes. Likewise, there is no confirmed information on the extent of the attacks. The shelling in the region is reported to be continuing. The Turkish jihadist occupation forces are again focusing on the village of Mestûr (Mastoura) near the city centre of Ain Issa. Two children aged nine and eight were killed in a howitzer attack there last week.