Interfax cited the head of the coordination center as saying Russia had contacted a US center in Amman for clarification over the shelling of Syrian territory from Turkey. Turkish military sources denied the Russian claim.
- Speaking to Hürriyet newspaper, the sources said Turkish forces have not fired at targets of either of the warring sides in Tel Abyad, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG).
Tel Abyad came under an ISIL attack on Saturday only hours after a US-Russian engineered "cessation of hostilities" agreement went into effect at midnight. The attack prompted air strikes by the US-led anti-ISIL coalition to try to drive them back.
The Kurdish militia group YPG, which controls Tel Abyad, said the attack was repelled. YPG spokesman Redur Xelil said some of the attackers infiltrated from the Turkish border to the north, reiterating accusations that Turkey was supporting ISIL. Turkey has consistently denied such accusations and the security sources said recent measures to stop illegal crossings meant it was impossible for the attackers to have entered from Turkey.
The YPG captured Tel Abyad from ISIL last year in an offensive backed by US-led air strikes. The town lies north of Raqqa and had been a key supply line for the jihadi capital.
Turkish security sources told Reuters on Saturday that the attack on Tel Abyad was launched on two fronts and that the sound of gunfire and explosions, audible from the town of Akçakale on the Turkish side, had continued for several hours. While not directly addressing the Tel Abyad attack, 14 Turkish F-16s patrolled the Turkish-Syrian border on Friday, the Turkish military said.
[REUTERS WITH TODAYSZAMAN.COM]
28/2/16
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