DAMASCUS, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Turkey-backed rebels plundered several houses in Syria's Hasakah province in northeastern Syria on Thursday, accusing residents of being members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a war monitor reported.
The so-called Free Army rebels plundered the houses and set them ablaze in the villages of Tal Muhammad and Anik east of the city of Ras al-Ayn in the countryside of Hasakah province in northeastern Syria, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Turkish forces and Turkey-backed rebels have been controlling areas in northern and northeastern Syria following a military campaign launched by Turkey on areas controlled by the SDF last October.
Recently, the SDF officials have been talking about a Turkish intention to launch new military campaigns on areas controlled by the SDF on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River in eastern Syria.
Kino Gabriel, spokesman of the SDF, was cited as saying that there is a possibility the Turkish army is planning to wage a new military operation in the eastern Euphrates region.
He said the Turkish forces are amassing forces in the areas of Ayn Issa and a few Turkey-controlled areas in northern Syria to launch the operation despite international grantees. Enditem
