SDF Recaptures Ras al-Ain from pro-Turkish Forces in Northern Syria

• 10.15.2019, 14:26
•  Region,  Near East,  World

Kurdish-led forces have pushed back against an offensive by Turkey and its Syrian rebel proxies in the town of Ras al-Ain in northern Syria, an activist group said on Tuesday, Middle East Eye reports.

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia "launched a major counter-attack overnight against Turkish forces and their Syrian proxies near Ras al-Ain," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

The Britain-based group, which relies on a network of sources on the ground, said "fortifications, tunnel networks and a continuous supply of reinforcements" had enabled the SDF to hold off Turkish efforts to take the town.