Tensions are on the rise in Tal Abiyad city in al-Raqqa northern countryside after the Turkish Army dismantled a part of the barbed wire on the Turkish-Syrian border from the Turkish side.

Due to fear of any Turkish offensive on the area, YPG brought reinforcements to the border area and the crossing with the Turkish side, and mobilized forces inside and outside Tal Abiyad.

In addition, Mansour Al-Salloum the head of the self-administration in Tal Abiyad met with civilians in the eastern Tal Abiyad mosque urging them to support the self-administration and protect Rojava against any potential intervention by the Turkish Army, FSA or ISIL.

Meanwhile, YPG announced the death of YPG fighters Sanjar Abdulhakeem following an ISIL landmine blast in Salouk town in the eastern countryside.