Some of the affected infrastructure was completely destroyed and at least 20 civilians were killed according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The Turkish armed forces launched airstrikes against 71 positions of Kurdish fighters in Syria and Iraq, resulting in “a total of 59 terrorists being neutralized”, Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Güler announced today. Turkish authorities use the term “neutralized” to indicate that “terrorists” were killed or captured during an operation.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a non-governmental organization based in Britain but with a wide network of sources in Syria, reported that the Turkish armed forces hit 48 targets in northeastern Syria in the past two days. He pointed out that mostly unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were used to strike civilian targets – such as hospitals, gas stations, granaries, grain processing plants, residences, etc. – causing significant casualties. Some of the affected infrastructure was completely destroyed and at least 20 civilians were killed, it says.
The Kurdish Red Crescent in northeastern Syria announced that Turkish airstrikes destroyed a diabetic clinic in Kobani. “The recent attacks against (civilian) infrastructure will exacerbate the humanitarian tragedy in northeastern Syria,” he points out, since the region’s residents are already facing a severe food crisis and fuel shortages.
Turkey has launched large-scale military operations on Iraqi and Syrian territory in retaliation for attacks launched Friday and Saturday by PKK militants on Turkish military bases in northern Iraq, killing 12 Turkish soldiers. Turkish armed forces operations have intensified in the past 36 hours, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today, vowing to avenge “martyrs” who died in the line of duty.
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has been waging an armed struggle against the Turkish state for three decades, has been designated a “terrorist organization” by several states and international organizations, such as NATO and the European Union.
Turkey considers the PKK a threat to national security. Ankara controls areas in northern Syria and maintains military bases in northern Iraq, with the aim – as it claims – of pushing PKK fighters and groups linked to it away from its borders.
Source :Skai
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