Kurdish-led YPG condemns hospital attack in Syria’s Afrin
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – On Monday, the spokesman of the Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG) condemned the targeting of civilians in Afrin, northwest Syria, and denied the involvement of their forces in conducting the shelling there.
On Saturday, media outlets reported that at least seven people lost their lives and others were wounded as a result of two different artillery attacks against the city center of Afrin.
The first attack targeted an uninhabited area, then came the second to target a hospital killing at least six people.
Turkish officials blamed the YPG’s umbrella group, the Syrian Democratic Forces, for the attacks.
“A government like Turkey that practices terrorism inside and outside [the country], especially in Syria, does not have the right to stigmatize others as terrorists,” YPG’s spokesman Nouri Mahmud said.
“Turkey is practicing all types of terrorism within the occupied areas by the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,” he added.
“Protecting civilians was and will be a priority for our forces in all battles,” he pointed out.
On Saturday, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi condemned the attack that targeted a hospital in the city center of Afrin.
Abdi expressed in a tweet his “deep grief at the loss of innocent lives as a result of the attack.”
“Targeting hospitals violates international law,” he said.