BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:10 P.M.) – The Turkish military and their allied rebels launched a fresh attack against the Kurdish forces in northeast Aleppo this morning.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the Turkish military struck the defenses of the Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG) near the key city of Manbij this morning.

The SOHR reported that the Ankara-backed forces known as the Euphrates Shield opened heavy machine gun fire at the village of al-Hamran, which is northwest of Manbij.

They further claimed that the Turkish forces targeted the positions of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) at the farms in the Manbij countryside.

In response to the Turkish aggression, the U.S. Coalition has been conducting round o’clock flights along the border.

These flights are meant to deter any potential attacks by the Turkish military and their allies in northern Syria.