Turkish-backed rebels exchange daily fire with SDF in Aleppo
In the northern countryside of Aleppo, the Syrian Democratic Forces, an alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters, retaliates to the shelling from Turkish-backed Syrian rebels, pushing civilians to leave their homes.
ALEPPO, Syria — Abu Rami, 35, cannot stay in his own house at night, as he fears that while he and his family are asleep, his village would come under artillery barrage.
Abu Rami, a pseudonym, lives in Kaljibrin village, 30 kilometers (18 miles) north of Aleppo city. The village is controlled by the Free Syrian Army (FSA), backed by Turkey.
Each night, Abu Rami packs his luggage, including blankets and sponge mattresses, and leaves with his family of five to a tent he set up among the olive trees, about 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) to the east of his house.
Kaljibrin is subject to daily mortar shells and artillery barrage by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which controls the nearby village of Ayn Daqnah.
