The Russian military on Sunday says armed groups had attacked a Syrian town from Turkish territory, adding it had demanded an explanation from the United States.
“Overnight from February 27 to 28 the Russian center for the reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria received information about an attack from Turkish territory on the Syrian town of Tal Abyad by armed units using large-scale artillery,” says the chief of the center, Lieutenant General Sergei Kuralenko.
“This was subsequently verified and confirmed through several channels including representatives of the Syrian Democratic Forces,” Kuralenko is quoted as saying by Russian news agencies from the Hmeimim airbase.
The Syrian Democratic Forces is a US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance.
“The Russian center has turned for an explanation to the Amman-based US center for reconciliation,” Kuralenko adds, stressing that Turkey was a member of a US-led coalition.
No other details are provided by the Russian side.
— AFP
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