Turkish forces had exchanged fire with Tahrir al-Sham *, a Syrian jihadist alliance, near the village of Kafr Lusin on the border between the countries, a Britain-based war monitor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday.
Rami Abdulrahman, head of the Observatory, told Al Jazeera that the rebels were sending reinforcements to the border area.
“Turkish forces are not on Syrian soil yet,” Abdulrahman said, adding that army was firing artillery shells across the border, while the rebel alliance attacked a Turkish military base.
Turkish-led forces enter Syria near in province. also on the way https://t.co/21o3gWNsNX pic.twitter.com/Hfz5hBEXj0
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First pictures.
Turkish-led forces enter Syrian territory near in province. also on the way. pic.twitter.com/fGI4BmPJKG— Julian Röpcke (@JulianRoepcke)
A day before Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Syrian rebels backed by Turkish forces would launch an operation in that area, which is mostly controlled by Tahrir al-Sham.
Turkey announces major operation in Syria’s Idlib
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Turkish military commanders now at Syrian border ready to launch Op to liberate parts of Idlib pic.twitter.com/5JID5PFnmZ
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The Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) is bracing to enter Syria's northwestern province of Idlib in the next… https://t.co/wcf2I05oxs
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Turkey operation in Syria’s Idlib province https://t.co/BNxwaXbEao pic.twitter.com/7B0kAp3L4J
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– destroy bulldozer on / border near Atmeh town as the Turkish Army begin assault on pic.twitter.com/bjaOqIWyBc
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According to some other reports came with video from the war in Syria show Turkish mortars falling upon refugee camps on the Turkish-Syrian border close to Deir Hassan.
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Turkish mortars falling upon refugee camps on the Turkish-Syrian border close to Deir Hassan pic.twitter.com/s3NmZKHVqA— Global News (@GlobalZarfati)
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* Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham “Organization for the Liberation of the Levant” or “Levant Liberation Committee”), commonly referred to as Tahrir al-Sham and abbreviated HTS, is an active Salafist jihadist militant group involved in the Syrian Civil War.
The group was formed on 28 January 2017 as a merger between Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (formerly al-Nusra Front), the Ansar al-Din Front, Jaysh al-Sunna, Liwa al-Haqq, and the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement. After the announcement, additional groups and individuals joined.
The merger is currently led by Jabhat Fatah al-Sham and former Ahrar al-Sham leaders, although the High Command consists of leaders from other groups.
Many groups and individuals defected from Ahrar al-Sham, representing their more conservative and Salafist elements.
Currently, a number of analysts and media outlets still continue to refer to this group by its previous names, al-Nusra Front, or Jabhat Fateh al-Sham.
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