Raids launched by Turkey against positions in northern and northeastern Syria have killed at least 12 people.
They are six members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is led by the Kurds, as well as six Syrian military personnel, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The Turkish shelling targeted SDF positions in Aleppo province (north) and Hasakah province (northeast), Rami Abdel Rahman, the director of the Britain-based NGO, which relies on a wide network of sources in the region, told AFP. war-torn Syria.
At the same time, the Turkish army targeted positions where the forces of the Syrian regime are deployed in Raqqa (north) and Hasaka, and the death toll is six dead in the ranks of the Kurdish fighters of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) and another six in the ranks of Syrian army, he said.
The “time of reckoning” has come, Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar announced via Twitter yesterday, Sunday, over a photo showing a Turkish F-16 fighter jet taking off for a night operation.
“The bastards will be held accountable for their insidious attacks,” added Turkey’s defense minister.
“Terrorists’ nests are leveled with precision strikes,” he added in a second post, accompanied by a montage of the destruction of a target from the air, without specifying where it was.
The Turkish Ministry of Defense has so far not provided any details about the operation which appears to be underway on the night of Saturday into Sunday.
Kurdish forces spoke of “air bombardment by the Turkish army” mainly in the city of Kobani, in northeastern Syria, and in two villages.
