He noted the ‘Istanbul terrorist attack’… Syria-Iraq border attack
Turkey has launched airstrikes against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the Kurdistan separatist militant group behind the Istanbul bombings.
The Turkish defense ministry said in a statement on the 20th (local time) that airstrikes from Tal Lipat in northwestern Syria to the Khandil Mountains in northeastern Iraq had hit 89 targets and killed a number of terrorists the day before.
A gas station attendant in the village of Derik in northeastern Syria, which borders Turkey and Iraq, told the Associated Press that “Turkish forces carried out five airstrikes” and that “innocent civilians who committed no crime were killed and u injured.”
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said at least 31 people had been killed in the strikes in northern Syria. At least 32 people were estimated to have died in Iraq.
Ibrahim Kalin, a spokesman for Turkiye’s presidential office, posted a picture of the Turkish flag on Twitter with the phrase “time to take revenge against Istiklal”.
Istiklal is the name of a street in Istanbul where an explosion occurred on the 13th. At least six people were killed and 80 injured in the explosion. The Turkiye government accused the PKK of being responsible. However, the PKK denied any involvement and said it did not target civilians.
Military tensions have risen on the border between Turkey and Syria. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Syrian rebel organization led by the People’s Guard (YPG), which is classified as a supporter of the PKK in Syria, said in a statement “we will respond in a strong and effective manner at the right place and time” for the attack. announced.
