(Zaman Al Wasl)- One person was killed on Sunday when a landmine set off near the border town of Ras al-Ayn, local activists said.
Landmines were planted by the YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces in the city, days before the Turkish forces and the Syrian National Army entered Ras al-Ayn in October.
Scattered clashes have been reported in the last two weeks between the SNA and YPG in a zone located between the towns of Tal Tamr and Ras al-Ayn.
Turkey and the National Syrian Army on October 9 launched a cross-border attack against Kurdish-held areas, grabbing a 120-kilometre-long (70-mile) swathe of Syrian land along the frontier.
The operation left hundreds dead and caused 300,000 people to flee their homes, in the latest humanitarian crisis in Syria's brutal eight-year war.
Ankara wants to set up a buffer zone on Syrian soil along the entire length of its 440-kilometre-long border, including to resettle some of the 3.6 million Syrian refugees currently in Turkey.
Eight years of war in Syria have killed 560,000 people and driven half the pre-war population of 22 million from their homes, including more than 6 million as refugees to neighbouring countries.
Zaman Al Wasl
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