In a written statement on Monday, the HRE said: “The attacks of the invading Turkish state and its mercenaries which have been going on since November 19 continue to escalate. Our forces are taking retaliatory actions against these attacks that target residential areas of our civilian populations.”

“On December 4, our forces carried out an action against the Special Action Police military quarters in the Azaz region. As a result of the action, 2 police officers were injured and a vehicle was destroyed,” the statement said.

“On December 6, an assassination action was carried out against the invading mercenaries in the Bab region, which killed one of them.

On December 7, one mercenary was killed in an assassination action in the Marê region.

Our retaliation actions against the attacks of the invading Turkish army and its mercenaries will continue,” the statement added.