Tuesday, 27 April, 2021 - 07:30
A Russian patrol near a checkpoint manned by regime forces in Qamishli, northeastern Syria (Asharq Al-Awsat) Qamishli, Damascus - Kamal Sheikho, Asharq Al-Awsat
Civilians returning to their homes in the al-Tay neighborhood of the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli were shook by the putrid stench of gunpowder filling the air and finding their streets coated in scattered bullet shells.
Locals who fled violence are using the calm offered by a Russian-backed truce that ended days-long fighting between the Syrian regime and Kurdish forces to visit their homes in al-Tay.
While ruin left behind by fierce clashes at al-Tay painted a painful reflection of the nationwide damage caused by over a decade of civil war, Russian jets scrambled at low altitudes over the neighborhood.
هدنة روسية هشة في القامشلي شمال شرقي سوريا: هدوء نسبي يخفي وراءه حراكاً عسكرياً وصراعاً بين ميليشيات «الدفاع الوطني» و«قسد»
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هدنة روسية هشة في القامشلي شمال شرقي سوريا
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