Five women injured in Turkish shelling in Syria’s Derbasiyah
DERBASIYAH, Syria (North Press) – Five women were injured while working in cotton harvesting on Monday in shelling by Turkish forces on a village near the town of Derbasiyah, northern Hasakah, northeastern Syria.
Since Oct. 5 and until Monday, 172 sites in areas and cities in north and northeast Syria have been stuck by Turkish airstrikes, shells, and drone attacks, targeting residential areas, military posts and infrastructure, including oil fields, gas plants, power stations, and others, according to the Monitoring and Documentation Department of North Press.
Fatima Younes, the director of the Shahid Khabat Hospital in the town of Derbasiyah, told North Press that “five women who were working in a cotton field were injured due to a shell fired from the Turkish side, which fell near workplace in the village of al-Bashiriya in west of the town.
The hospital director added that four of the injured were taken to the city of Hasakah to receive proper treatment, noting that only one remained in the Derbasiyah Hospital due to sustaining a foot fracture.
Turkish artillery also targeted a house in the village of Sanjak, located in west of the town. Ismail Rashid, the owner of the house, told North Press that a shell landed near his house causing material damage.