Syria conducts Retaliatory Attack against Turkish Forces. New Turkish Invasion in Syria looms

1. The Syrian military attacked Turkish positions inside Syria following two bouts of airstrikes by Turkey that targeted different locations across the Arab country.
The Syrian armed forces launched a retaliatory attack on Tuesday, causing material and human losses at some Turkish military sites inside the Arab country, according to Syrian state media.

The army also targeted some armed groups' positions and destroyed their training facilities.

The retaliation came after a Turkish airstrike near the western city of Aleppo killed at least three Syrian soldiers and injured six others.

Syria’s state television specified the target of the Turkish blitz as “military positions,” saying the Turkish warplanes had struck the target between 14:37 p.m. and 15:00 p.m. local time (11:37 and 12:00 GMT).

The developments come as the Turkish military has stepped up its attacks on Syrian border areas in recent days.

Earlier in the day, a Turkish aerial offensive had claimed the lives of at least 11 people in the war-torn country’s Kurdish-majority north.

2. Local sources, asking not to be named, told Syria’s official news agency SANA that Turkish forces have used loudspeakers in mosques in border areas close to Jarabulus city to ask people to stay indoors in preparation for the operation.

The sources added that numerous Turkish combat drones could be seen flying in the skies over areas in proximity to the frontier, and Turkish troops are rapidly mobilizing in most of the border towns of Hasakah, Raqqah and Aleppo provinces.

3. Turkey's military is warning citizens in northern Syria to stay in their homes as Ankara gets prepared to stage an attack.

Local Syrian sources say the strike alert comes as Turkish drones and troops have been deployed to border cities in the Aleppo governorate.

Turkey has ramped up its attacks on Syrian border cities recently. Three Syrian military personnel were killed and six others injured in Tuesday's airstrikes on the outskirts of Aleppo.

Syrian military sources say the strikes are part of Turkey’s long-running efforts in support of terrorist groups in the country's north.

Damascus has responded by targeting Turkish bases and armed groups inside Syria. It has vowed not to let any attack on its army positions go unanswered. [@VOVnews]
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