Turkish airstrike targets ambulance of Kurdish Red Crescent
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – A Turkish airstrike targeted on Friday an ambulance of the Kurdish Red Crescent in the western countryside of Qamishli in Northeast Syria.
The Kurdish Red Crescent said in a statement that an ambulance of it was targeted by a Turkish UAV attack in the village of al-Hatimiyah in the west of Qamishli, putting it out of service.
The targeting took place while the team of the organization was trying to transport and treat the injured of the attack on the village.
“While a medical team was performing their duty and attempting to reach the injured, they were targeted by Turkish aircraft in Amuda area near the village of Hatimiyah,” the organization added.
The attack resulted in “the ambulance being completely out of service.”
“This is not the first time that the Turkish state has targeted ambulances operating in the humanitarian field, which bear clear Symbol of the Red Cross and Red Crescent.”
The Kurdish Red Crescent called on international organizations “to stand against these strikes by the Turkish state, which openly target workers in the humanitarian and service sectors in northern Syria.”