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Report: Turkey attacks targets in northern Syria

2022-11-20T00:35:59.211Z


Report: Turkey attacks targets in northern Syria Created: 2022-11-20Updated: 2022-11-20 01:29 Has Turkey attacked Kurdish positions in northern Syria? © Christoph Soeder/dpa According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Turkey has attacked Kurdish positions in northern Syria from the air. Istanbul - A spokesman for the organization said there were injuries and deaths. The Turkish news


Report: Turkey attacks targets in northern Syria

Created: 2022-11-20Updated: 2022-11-20 01:29

Has Turkey attacked Kurdish positions in northern Syria?

© Christoph Soeder/dpa

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Turkey has attacked Kurdish positions in northern Syria from the air.

Istanbul - A spokesman for the organization said there were injuries and deaths.

The Turkish news channel CNN Türk also reported on Sunday morning attacks on places like Kobane, which have so far been firmly in the hands of Kurdish rebels.

On the Twitter page of the Turkish Ministry of Defense it said in the evening: "Accounting time!" The "attacks" will be avenged.

It wasn't immediately clear what the tweet was referring to.

Attack in Istanbul with 6 dead

Last Sunday, 6 people were killed and 31 others injured in an attack in Istanbul.

The Turkish government blames the Syrian Kurdish militia YPG for this, which is why some experts had already speculated that they could use this as an opportunity for a new offensive in northern Iraq.

The YPG - as part of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) - is present in the areas that have now been attacked, according to the report.

Turkish attacks on SDF positions were reported on Syrian state television, and Syria's state news agency Sana spoke of "Turkish aggression".

SDF commander Maslum Abdi reported bombings on Twitter.

Turkey has already initiated four military offensives in northern Syria since 2016, some of which were aimed at the YPG.

Ankara sees the YPG as an offshoot of the banned Kurdish Workers' Party PKK and fights both as a terrorist organization.

In northern Syria, Turkey already occupies border regions and is cooperating with rebel groups.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, on the other hand, is backed by Russia.

dpa

Source: merkur

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