YEMEN Press Agency

Syrian army again intercepts US military convoy in Al-Hasakah countryside

SANAA, June 2 (YPA) – Residents in the town of Abu Racine in Al-Hasakah countryside in Syria’s northwest, supported by units of the Syrian Arab Army, on Tuesday blocked a convoy of military vehicles of US occupation forces, and forced them to return from where they came from, Syrian Official State News Agency (SANA) reported.

SANA quoted the Syrian army as saying that units of the Syrian Arab Army and a number of citizens from the town of Abu Racine intercepted a column of the American occupation forces consisting of eight vehicles that tried enter Abu Racine and forced them to retreat and return to their illegal bases in the area.”

The areas of the town of Abu Racine has been witnessing internal fighting among armed factions loyal to Turkish forces in Al-Hasakah.

On May 20, the Syrian Arab Army intercepted a military convoy of US forces heading towards the village of Um al-Khair in the western countryside of Tel Tamer, northwest of al-Hasakah, and forced him to return to its bases.

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