Assad forces step up ground assaults in Turkmen areas
Regime offensive comes one day after Turkmen fighters retook control of Kizildag town
HATAY, Turkey
Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad launched heavy attacks Wednesday against Kizildag, a strategic part of the Turkmen town of Bayirbucak in Syria’s northwestern Latakia province.
Regime forces used mortars and artillery weapons in a move to retake control of Kizildag.
On Tuesday, Turkmen fighters had taken control of the area, known as Jabal al-Ahmar in Arabic, from regime forces, according to Mustafa Abdullah, spokesman for the Turkmen Sultan Abdulhamid Han Brigades.
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