Five civilians were killed in “Turkish drone” raids in the northeast Syriaan NGO reported today, the day after the death of two Kurdish journalists in similar circumstances.

Since his fall Bashar al-Assad on December 8, Ankara supports an offensive by armed groups against Kurdish forces that control part of northern Syria.

“Two civilians, a woman and a member of a political party, succumbed to their injuries, bringing to five the number of people killed today by Turkish drone strikes” near the town of Tal Brak in Hasakeh province, it said. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH).

“The Turkish occupation targeted a car with a drone on a road connecting the city of Al-Hol with Tal Brak (…), killing three civilians,” the Kurdish news agency in Syria, the Hawar.

“This crime is part of a series of flagrant violations of international law and human rights prohibiting the targeting of civilians,” they said in a statement. Kurdish Internal Security Forces.

Two more civilians were killed in another Turkish strike in the same area, according to OSDH, an NGO based in the UK but with a vast network of sources in the country.