Turkish drones target 8 sites in Northeast Syria
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Since the early hours of Thursday, the Turkish government has started launching several attacks using drones on sites in North and Northeast Syria region.
Early on Thursday, the Turkish drones struck the village of Misherfa al-Hima in northwestern Hasakah in northeast Syria. Two hours later, it targeted a vehicle near the first location.
The drone strikes took place following a statement by Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hakan Fidan, in which he threatened to strike a broader range of targets in Syria and Iraq in retaliation for the Ankara attack.
On Oct. 1, two individuals carried out a bomb attack in front of the building of the Ministry of Interior in Ankara injuring two police officers.
On Wednesday, Fidan claimed that the two assailants who carried out the attack had been trained in Syria. “From now on, all infrastructure, large facilities and energy facilities belonging to (armed Kurdish groups) in Iraq and Syria are legitimate targets for our security forces,” he threatened.
Turkish drones hit a dam in the town of Chel Agha (al-Jawadiyah) and the town of Tirbe Spiyeh (al-Qahtaniya) in east of the city of Qamishli, as well as the village of Tel Habash in the town of Amuda in the northwest of the city.
Also, the drones targeted the village of Tawila in the countryside of the town of Tel Tamr in the north of Hasakah.
Additionally, the town of Sirrin in the south of Kobani in northern Syria was also targeted by a Turkish drones on Thursday.
Another drone strike attacked the Washokani camp in Hasakah countryside. The camp houses about 16,000 IDPs of Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain) who fled their hometown in 2019 during the so-called Turkish “Peace Spring” operation.