Turkish air strikes on Rojava continue
Turkish fighter jets have carried out several waves of attacks on villages in Shera, Afrin and the canton of Shehba. At least four Syrian soldiers were injured.
Turkish fighter jets have carried out several waves of attacks on villages in Shera, Afrin and the canton of Shehba. At least four Syrian soldiers were injured.
The Turkish air force has been attacking northern and eastern Syria since 19 November. Dozens have been killed so far, including at least 13 civilians. During the night, Turkish jets attacked Kafr Antun and Malikiya in the Shera district of Afrin. In addition, the villages of Belûniyê, Minix, Sheik Isa, Hirbil and Semoqa in Shehba Canton were attacked. At the same time, 476 artillery shells hit the region. According to information so far, four regime soldiers were injured in the attacks near the village of Belûniyê.
In the morning, the villages of Medûnê and Radar in the canton of Shehba were attacked. The region further east around Manbij was also the target of shelling. The villages of Al-Gat (also Jat) and Hoşeriyê came under fire. Two hours earlier, shells hit the villages of Mohsenli and Cerada. At the same time, the villages of Derdara and Qibur Qerajne near Til Temir were shelled by howitzers and mortars.
According to reports so far, 13 civilians and six fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Afrin Liberation Forces (HRE), founded after Turkey's occupation of Afrin Canton in 2018, have been killed in Syria. Among the fatalities is a journalist, ANHA correspondent Isam Abdullah, who was covering the attacks in Dêrik. Another journalist, Mihemed Ceradê from the Kurdish channel Stêrk TV, was injured while reporting in Kobanê. Turkey targeted civilian infrastructure, including a substation, a Corona clinic and a wheat depot. Among the targets were also bases of the Syrian army, and more than twenty soldiers were reportedly killed.