Syria: Two Children Among Turkey’s 27 Bombed ‘Answer’ · Global Voices

In response to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) attack in Ankara, where 5 people died, the bombarded areas of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) resulting in 27 civilians killed, including children. The Syrian Human Rights Watch spoke today of 27 civilians dead in Turkish bombings in northern and eastern Syria, in retaliation for the attack which left five dead in Ankara the other day Wednesday (23.10.2024). “27 killed in 45 drones attacks in northern and eastern Syria,” the non-governmental organisation based in Britain said in a statement and has a wide network of sources in Syrian territory. As of Thursday night (24.10.2024), Turkish armed forces “significantly intensified their air and ground attacks on northern and eastern Syria”, according to the Syrian Human Rights Watch. Kurdish forces had announced yesterday the death of 12 civilians, including two children. The Turkish Air Force launched strikes on northern Syria. The area in Al-Qamishli came under attack. The footage shows the Ouda oil field and driling rigs near Tirbesie burning. — S print e r (@SprinterFamily) 🔴Terrifying scenes…documenting a deliberate bombing of an oil facility in NE Syria. — Alan Meîş (@alan_maaesh) “In addition to the populated zones, Turkish warplanes and unmanned aerial vehicles targeted bakeries, power stations, oil installations and checkpoints of (Kurdish) internal security forces,” said in a statement the Syrian Democratic Forces (CSR), the armed arm of the autonomous regional government supported by the US. BREAKING: The Turkish Air Force has firmed missiles at targets in Syria and Iraq — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) Turkish authorities announced yesterday that they confirmed that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) was responsible for the attack that left behind five dead and over 20 injured the other day in Ankara. In retaliation, they launched from Wednesday night blows against the PKK in northern Iraq and its allies in Syria. The Turkish government characterizes the People’s Protection Units (YPG), the Kurdish dominant component of the ICCs, the Syrian arm of the PKK, which characterizes “terrorist” organization, as well as the US and the EU. The Turkish army, which controls areas in northern Syria from where it expelled Kurdish forces, often conducts air raids on zones controlled by Kurdish separatists.