40 children killed, injured in northern Syria in August – NGO
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – At least 40 children were killed or injured in up to August 24 in north and northeast Syria, Save the Children said in a press release on Wednesday.
August has been one of the deadliest months in north and northeast Syria. Turkish drone strikes were active. The strikes allegedly targeting military sites resulted in civilian’s deaths too, many were children.
According to Save the Children, casualties were reported in northeast Syrian notably in Qamishli, Kobani, and Tel Rifaat in the north of Aleppo, and al-Bab in the east. Al-Bab, is controlled by Turkish forces and their affiliated Syrian National Army (SNA).
On August 6, a Turkish drone bombed a car in the al-Sinaa neighborhood (industrial zone) in Qamishli, resulting in the death of four people, including the two children Ahmad Shibi, 14, and Aheng Shibi, 16.
On August 18, a Turkish drone targeted a UN-affiliated center in a village on the road between the city of Hasakah and the town of Tel Tamr in northeast Syria, killing for girls.
On August 24 two children aged 12 and 13 lost their lives in a Turkish drone attack on the town of Tel Rifaat.
Save the Children called on parties to de-escalate tension.
“We urgently call on all parties to the conflict to de-escalate tensions and to take all possible steps to keep children safe from harm. No child should ever be in the firing line,” said Beat Rohr, Save the Children’s Interim Response Director for Syria.