Turkish air strikes in Syria’s Kurdish-held northeast resulted in the death of six civilians on Monday, according to reports from a war monitor and local media.
The strikes were part of Ankara’s operations in Iraq and Syria, initiated in response to attacks on Turkish soldiers.
Turkey attributed the attacks on its bases in northern Iraq, which killed 12 soldiers, to Kurdish militants.
Rami Abdel Rahman, the head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, confirmed the civilian casualties, stating that four victims were employees of a printing press in the city of Qamishli.
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The strikes targeted approximately a dozen facilities operated by the semi-autonomous Kurdish administration.
The strikes also hit a mill and a gas storage facility, resulting in additional civilian casualties.
The Syrian Kurdish news agency ANHA reported six deaths, with four at the printing press and six more individuals injured.
In October, Turkey had escalated air strikes in Syria’s northeast following an attack in Ankara that wounded two security personnel.
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), labeled a terror group by Turkey and its Western allies, claimed responsibility for the Ankara bombing.
Turkey considers the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), dominant in the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), as an offshoot of the PKK.
Since 2016, Turkey has conducted successive ground operations to remove Kurdish forces from border areas of northern Syria.
The Syrian conflict, ongoing since 2011, has resulted in over half a million deaths and involves foreign armies, jihadists, and various factions.
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