Turkey targets oil wells in NE Syria
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Turkish drones targeted, on Thursday, the oil field of Auda and other oil wells in the village of Tel Khatoun in the countryside of Tirbe Spiyeh (al-Qahtaniya), east of the city of Qamishli, northeastern Syria.
“A Turkish drone targeted the site of the Auda oil field east of the Tirbe Spiyeh district, in the countryside of Qamishli”, a security source told North Press.
The source noted that the attack did not result in any human casualties, and the damage was limited to material losses.
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.