Syrian Army, Turkish forces clash for first time in east Aleppo: opposition media

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) – Syrian opposition activists claimed via their social media accounts on Thursday that clashes broke-out between the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and Turkish forces in the Al-Bab countryside.

Reports of these clashes between the Syrian Arab Army and Euphrates Shield fighters surfaced around 3:30 P.M. (Damascus Time), when the former reached another part of the Turkish-backed forces’ front-lines.

The source of these claims are Syrian opposition activists associated with the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in northern Syria.

These FSA activists allege that the Syrian Arab Army and the Turkish-backed “Abu Zinideen Front” engaged in a firefight west of Al-Bab city this afternoon.

As of now, Al-Masdar News cannot verify these claims.