The rise of the death toll by Turkish bombardment on northern Aleppo and southern Afrin

Aleppo's northern countryside – North-Press Agency
Dejla Khalil

On Friday, two persons lost their lives and another injured as a result of Turkish and affiliated armed opposition groups' bombardment on the northern countryside of Aleppo and southern Afrin.

Earlier today, local sources said to North-Press that Turkish forces and armed opposition groups targeted the villages of Soghana and Aqiba with more than 9 shells, which caused the injury of Mahmoud Sido from the village of Aqiba.

On Friday morning, Turkish forces and affiliated armed opposition groups bombed a Syrian government checkpoint in the village of Soghana in the Shirawa district, south of Afrin, causing the death of two members of the government forces, according to local sources told North-Press.

Turkish shelling on the Aqiba village in the Shirawa district, south of Afrin, caused the injury of a civilian from the village.

According to sources, several shells fell on the vicinity of the towns of Tal Rifaat and Deir Jamal in the northern countryside of Aleppo, while the village of Ebeen in the Shirawa district was shelled, in conjunction with the bombing on the villages of Soghana and Aqiba.

The Turkish bombing targeted, at the end of March, the Deir-Jamal road in the northern countryside of Aleppo, with more than 15 shells, which resulted in material damage.

The Turkish forces and their affiliated armed opposition groups bombed the village of Aqiba on the 25th of last February with dozens of shells, three civilians were killed and three others were injured.

10 civilians, including 8 children, were also killed and 13 others were wounded in a Turkish bombing on the town of Tal Rifaat on December 2 last year, the bombing targeted one of the main streets in the town.