IDP loses life due to Turkish attack on Syria’s Tel Rifaat
ALEPPO, Syria (North Press) – On Monday, an internally displaced woman from the city of Afrin north of Aleppo succumbed to her injuries she sustained due to Turkish artillery shelling of the town of Tel Rifaat in the northern countryside of Aleppo.
On July 26, the 17-year-old Fahmieh Rasho, from the town of Jindires in the countryside of Afrin, was injured along with five other people due to Turkish attack on Tel Rifaat.
The town of Tel Rifaat, 35 km north of Aleppo city, has been a shelter for Afrin displaced people since 2018 following the Turkish invasion of Afrin and its countryside which resulted in the displacement of about 300.000 of the original inhabitants.
An exclusive source from Avrin Hospital in the village of Fafin told North Press that the young lady was injured in her right femoral artery, so she was immediately transferred to the National Hospital in Aleppo.
The source added that she passed away today while receiving treatment in the hospital.
Turkey has escalated its attacks on areas in north and northeast Syria, using artillery and drones following Tehran Summit, in which Turkey failed to obtain a green light by Iran and Russia to invade the region.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has recently announced plans to carry out another major military cross-border incursion into northern Syria. Erdogan specified his targets in the two northern Syrian cities of Manbij and Tel Rifaat.
On July 1, Erdogan said that Ankara’s new military operation in northern Syria could begin at any moment.
“The time has come to clear these lands from the terrorist organizations,” Erdogan threatened during Tehran Summit.
Tehran Summit, on July 19, brought together presidents of each of Iran, Russia and Turkey with the Syrian issue and Turkish threats on the top of its agenda.