Turkish shelling targets government forces’ posts in Syria’s Derik
DERIK, Syria (North Press) – Turkish artillery shelling targeted, on Sunday, two posts of the Syrian government forces in the villages of Gerdmiyah and Ain Diwar in the countryside of Derik (al-Malikiyah) in the far northeast of Syria.
Eyewitnesses from the village of Ain Diwar informed North Press correspondent that posts of government forces located in Ain Diwar and Gerdmiyah were shelled with seven artillery shells this evening.
Material damage was recorded in the military posts.
The two villages witnessed almost a complete displacement of residents towards the city of Derik to avoid any further shelling that might endanger their lives.
On Oct. 5, the Turkish army launched drone strikes on the infrastructure in several areas of north and northeast Syria that is run by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES). The strikes took place following a statement by Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hakan Fidan, in which he threatened to strike a broader range of targets in Syria and Iraq in retaliation for the Ankara attack.
On Oct. 1, two individuals carried out a bomb attack in front of the building of the Ministry of Interior in Turkey’s Ankara injuring two police officers.
On Oct. 4, Fidan claimed that the two assailants who carried out the attack had been trained in Syria. “From now on, all infrastructure, large facilities and energy facilities belonging to (armed Kurdish groups) in Iraq and Syria are legitimate targets for our security forces,” he threatened.