The Turkish army and the Kurdish forces fought on the city of Kobane on the northern border of Syria, as tensions between the two sides increased.

According to the Kobane government, the shelling inside and around the city started midnight and lasted on August 16.

The Turkish Ministry of Defense said that a soldier was killed and 4 injured after the mortar raids on the border post in Sanliurfa province, about 25 km west of Kobane.

Turkish soldiers in the patrol with US forces near Tal Abbyad, Syria in September 2019.

Turkish artillery fired firing at the targets in the region.

A Turkish official said that the Kurdish militia force (YPG), a core group in the Syrian Democratic Force (SDF) was backed by the United States, conducted a mortar attack on the border station in Sanliurfa.

Ankara considers the autonomous government headed by the Kurdish in the North and Eastern Syria as a threat to the Turkish border security.

Kobane has been relatively peaceful since the Kurdish forces repelled the Islamic State militants (IS) claiming to be from the city in 2015. But the aircraft aircraft are recently

Milvin, a local store owner, said the chaos happened in Kobane when the artillery happened today.

Everyone runs everywhere, cars go everywhere, people ask each other about their friends and family, she said.

The position of Kobane city on the Syrian - Turkey border.

Turkey is an important ally for the United States and the Western Union, but there are always actions that go against the group's common interests.

The Kremlin called Ankara not to launch a military campaign that made Syria unstable before the meeting of the Russian and Turkey presidents.