Protesters pelt Turkish soldiers with rocks in Idlib as they clear M-4 Highway

By News Desk -2020-04-26

Turkish army soldiers stand guard as Kurdish people wait in a hope to enter Cizre, a town subject to a curfew as part of a controversial operation against Kurdish rebels, on March 22, 2016 in Mardin, for Newroz celebration. Nowruz, the Farsi-language word for ‘New Year’, is an ancient Persian festival, celebrated on the first day of spring, March 21, in Central Asian republics, Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan and Iran. / AFP PHOTO / ILYAS AKENGIN

BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – The Turkish Army dispersed a protest along the M-4 Highway (Aleppo-Latakia Highway) on Sunday after the participants refused to remove their barriers along the road.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the protest was held at the town of Al-Karamah, which is located in the eastern countryside of Idlib.

“Syrian Observatory activists have confirmed that widespread discontent is prevailing in the area where ‘Al-Karamah sit-in’ is held in the eastern countryside of Idlib on Aleppo-Latakia international highway (M4),” the SOHR report said.

The report continued that the Turkish Army removed soil barriers along the M-4 Highway near the town of Al-Nayrab, while also firing gas shells to disperse the protesters who were pelting them with rocks.

“Later, Turkish forces stepped up the use of violence and started live-fire shooting targeting the area where the sit-in was held, leaving two unidentified persons dead. It is not known yet if the victims are civilians or fighters, since there is a nearby military post,” they added.

Earlier this month, the Turkish Army broke up a similar protest in the town of Al-Nayrab; this came after some members of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) fired gunshots at the Turkish military’s soldiers.

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A brief overview of the recent developments in Syria:

• Turkish forces reportedly opened fire at militants on the M4 highway;
• Gunmen threw several hand grenades at the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham HQ in the district of al-Qusur of Idlib city;
• The US military allegedly invovles SDF members in guarding oil fields on the eastern bank of the Euphrates;
• The Afrin Liberation Forces announced a new series of attacks on Turkish-backed forces in Afrin;
• The Syrian Army and security forces are conducting a security operation in the al-Suwayda countryside;
• Intra-militant clashes erupted in al-Bab.
• TURKSIH FORCES CLASH WITH SUPPORTERS OF IDLIB RADICALS ON M4 HIGHWAY. CASUALTIES REPORTED (VIDEOS)
• HAY’AT TAHRIR AL-SHAM TERRORISTS THREATEN TO BEHEAD TURKISH SOLDIERS IN NEW VIDEO
• Syrian security forces carry out big operation in southern Syria
• Syrian Army launches attack along southern Idlib front-lines

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