Attack on Syrian militia supported by Turkey

A further attack has taken place in the border town of Ras al Ain in northern Syria. A car bomb has exploded near a building used by the Syrian National Army, one of the rebel groups that are supported by Turkey in its fight against the Kurds, among other things.

The first figures leave at least one dead, who would be one of the rebels, and four civilians wounded, although the figure is still provisional, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a non-profit organisation based in the United Kingdom. The attack has yet to be claimed.

The town of Ras al Ain is in fact only the Syrian part of a town that is divided by the border with Turkey, leaving the Turkish town of Ceylanpinar on the other side. The city, although of Kurdish origin, is now occupied by the militias loyal to Ankara, as it is within the twenty mile corridor where Turkey is trying to exercise control.

Another attack in the same place a few days ago also left five dead and several injured due to another improvised explosive in a vehicle. According to the United Nations, two of the dead were children, as the attack took place near a commercial area where there was also considerable material damage.

The clashes between the Kurdish-Syrian militias, led by the Syrian Democratic Forces, and the militias supported by Turkey continue in this region. The Turkish Ministry of Defence has again announced the death of seven members of the SDS in the north of the country. 

These days, one of the leaders of the Syrian National Army, namely the leader of the First Corps of the ENS, has also been killed in an attack carried out by an armed man in the village of Tal Abyad, north of Raqqa.