Turkey launches fresh airstrikes on areas in north, northeast Syria
QAMISHLI, KOBANI, Syria (North Press) – Turkish fighter jets conducted on Friday evening airstrikes on several sites and infrastructure facilities in cities and towns of north and northeast Syria.
North Press correspondent cited local sources as saying that three sites, including the village of Mirka Mira, Shark, and water station of Khana Sari, in the city of Derik (al-Malikiyah) in the far northeast Syria were hit by Turkish airstrikes.
Following the airstrikes, the targeted areas witnessed a mass displacement by the civilians, according to the sources.
Since Thursday morning, Turkish drone strikes hit several infrastructure facilities in north and northeast Syria including oil, gas, power, and water station causing severe damage and complete outage of power.
Also, the Turkish air forces attacked a painting factory in the city of Kobani in northern Syria and a grain silo in the town of Amuda in the west of the city of Qamishli in northeast Syria.
On Thursday, the Turkish army launched drone strikes on the infrastructure in several areas of north and northeast Syria that is run by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES). The 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 Turkey’s Ankara injuring two police officers.
On Oct. 4, 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.