Civilian injured after Turkish bombardment of Syria’s Ain Issa
AIN ISSA, Syria (North Press) – A villager from Syria’s Ain Issa was moderately wounded on Sunday night-Monday when the wall of his home collapsed as a result of prior shelling by Turkish-backed armed opposition groups.
On Sunday, the villages of Jahbel, Sidon, and Mushayrifah, eat of Ain Issa, were shelled by artillery by Turkish forces and their affiliated armed opposition groups.
The bombardment, which was described as indiscriminate, continued for three hours before stopping at around 1:30 A.M. on Sunday night-Monday.
Muhammad al-Ali, an administrator at Ain Issa’s Martyr Omar Alloush Hospital, told North Press that one of the shells fell on the house of 36-year-old Maher Mahmoud al-Jahl from the village of Jahbel, east of the town.
The shell collapsed the wall of his house, injuring him, and he is still in the hospital, according to al-Ali.
The bombardment by Turkish forces and their affiliated armed groups on Ain Issa and villages in the vicinity of the vital M4 highway intensified at the beginning of last month.