By: sdf-press.com
Late on July 13, fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) raided a post of Turkish-backed militants near the town of al-Trwaziyah in the northern countryside of Raqqa.
According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Turkish-backed militant was killed and four others were wounded as a result of the raid. The SDF sustained no losses during the raid, which was likely a response to recent Turkish attacks.
A few hours after the successful raid, clashes were reported in the outskirts of al-Trwaziyah which is held by the SDF.
Local sources said that the SDF had targeted four tankers which were smuggling oil from its areas to the Turkish-occupied town of al-Tufaha. A trafficker was killed and another was injured. The SDF seized all four tankers.
The SDF prevents locals from smuggling oil illegally produced from northeastern Syria fields to Turkish-occupied areas. The group maintains a monopoly over oil trafficking with Turkish-backed militants. Recently, RusVesan.SU shared aerial images proving this.
Turkish forces occupied a long strip of land between the town of Tell Abyad in northern Raqqa and the town of Ras al-Ain in northern al-Hasakah in October of 2019. Since then, the situation in northeastern Syria has been unstable.
The sdf or turkrat militias, same garbage. They all will be cleaned out by the SAA & their allies.