Civilians killed, wounded in Turkish bombing in Syria’s Hasakah countryside
TEL TAMR, Syria (North Press) – A child and a woman lost their lives, and a girl was wounded on Thursday in the bombing carried out by the Turkish forces and the affiliated opposition factions on the town of Abu Rasin (Zarkan), north of Hasakah, northeast Syria.
The two-year-old child, Allam Ali al-Issa, lost his life, and his 5-year old sister, Ola al-Issa, were seriously injured in the bombing, military sources said.
A woman called Jawher Nahar from the village of al-Asadiya in the countryside of Abu Rasin was killed in the Turkish bombing, said the sources.
The villages of Tel Jum’a, Umm al-Keif, Dardara and Tel Shanan in the countryside of Tel Tamr, north of Hasakah, were bombed with heavy artillery and mortars by the Turkish forces, North Press reported local sources.
Plumes of smoke were seen in the targeted villages, but no information was reported on the damage it caused.
The northern neighborhoods of the town of Abu Rasin, and the villages of Dada Abdal, al-Asadiya, al-Basis and Tel Harmal, were hit with a barrage of shells by the Turkish forces, according to the sources.
The bombing led to a large displacement of residents from their villages towards the safe areas.
The town of Abu Rasin was violently bombed by the Turkish forces and the opposition factions on December 21. Many civilians, including women and children, were killed and injured thus.
The countryside of Tel Tamr includes about 33 Assyrian villages, five of which were almost fully emptied due to ISIS attacks and their location on the frontlines with the Turkish forces, according to the residents.
Most of the villages on the contact lines with the Turkish forces in the countryside of Tel Tamr, north of Hasakah, have become empty of residents due to the continuous bombardment.
The Turkish forces and the affiliated armed factions’ bombardment of the areas in north of Hasakah, is an attempt to displace the residents of those areas, the Internal Security Forces of North and East Syria (Asayish) said on December 21.