Turkish border guards shoot 2 individuals in Syria’s Idlib
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – On Sunday, Turkish border guards wounded a woman and her daughter while trying to cross the Syrian-Turkish border in Idlib Governorate, northwestern Syria.
The women and her daughter were wounded near the village of Kherbet al-Joz in the countryside of Jisr al-Shughur city, west of Idlib.
A local source from the village told North Press that the locals helped a woman and her daughter who were shot by Turkish border guards on Sunday dawn. According to the wounded woman’s testimony, the Turkish border guards arrested two young men.
The woman and her daughter, who was injured in the right side of her waist, were taken to Harem Hospital, west of Idlib.
Syrians who attempt to cross into Turkish territory are assaulted and shot by the Turkish border guards with live ammunition.
The Monitoring and Documentation Department of North Press recorded the death of 23 individuals and the injury of 96 others, including at least two children and five women, since the beginning of 2023.