Ongoing Turkish bombardments on the earthquake-hit town of Tel Rifat in the northern Syrian canton of Shehba have killed a 70-year-old civilian and injured another man.
Even after the devastating earthquake that killed thousands in the Turkish-Syrian border area on February 6 caused an enormous amount of destruction, Turkey's attacks on affected regions in the autonomous areas of North and East Syria continue. The Hawarnews news agency (ANHA) reports that a 70-year-old civilian was killed in a bombardment in the town of Tel Rifat on Thursday. A second man was injured. He suffered a shrapnel injury to the eye, hospital sources said.
The latest bombardments on Tel Rifat are the second wave of attacks against the city in the canton of Shehba since the series of earthquakes in the border region between Turkey and Syria began ten days ago. Tel Rifat had already been targeted by heavy attacks by the Turkish army and allied jihadist militias on Tuesday last week. 15,000 people from Aleppo have sought refuge in the region after the earthquake.
The district of Ain Issa has also been attacked several times in recent days. In Kobanê, which was also affected by the earthquake, Mehmûd Beşar, a member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the diplomatic committee of the Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM), was killed in a Turkish drone attack on Sunday.
