(Zaman Al Wasl)- Three Turkish-backed fighters were killed Saturday when a suspected Kurdish assailants opened fire on their vehicle near Jarablus city in northern Syrian, according to Zaman al-Wasl reporter.
The victims were operating in the Sultan Murad Division, key unit in the Syrian National Army.
Ten days agon two more SNA fighters killed by a similar attack near the border town of al-Rai.
Turkey last month launched major military operation northeastern Syria to push out Kurdish fighters whom it considers terrorists for their links to a Kurdish insurgency inside Turkey.
Kurdish forces have engaged in fierce fighting the SNA what makes such attacks a new war tactic for the YPG-led units.
Two ceasefire agreements —brokered by the U.S. and Russia— paused Turkey's operation to allow the Syrian Kurdish fighters withdraw 30 kilometers (about 19 miles, away from the border.
Zaman Al Wasl
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