The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

“Peace Spring” continues to claim the lives of citizens and displace them raising to 52, the number of casualties who have been killed by the Turkish aerial and ground bombardment and by the factions since the beginning of the operation

Sources informed the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that members of Turkey-loyal factions have killed 10 persons including a child in Ja’dah village and another area north of Ayn Issa by shooting them, after the factions imposed their control over the village before hours, in the same context, the SOHR documented the death of 4 citizens including a child due to ground shelling carried out by the Turkish forces on the vicinity of Ras Al-Ayn area in Al-Hasakah countryside at the border strip with Turkey, and the number of casualties is expected to increase because of the presence of injuries some of whom have seriously wounded.

And with the fall of more human losses,  it rose to 52, the number of civilian casualties who have been killed since the start of the Turkish military operation on the afternoon of Wednesday, the 9th of October 2019, they are 19 including a child and a female party official were killed in targeting by gunfire and field execution by faction loyal to Turkey on the highway south of Tal Abyad, 7 including 2 employees of the Autonomous Administration were killed in the ground shelling on the vicinity of Tal Abyad, 6 including a child, a woman, and 2 elderly men were killed in rocket shelling targeted the neighborhoods of Bashiriyya, Kaddour Biek, and al-Zaytuniyyeh in Qamishli city, 5 including a child were killed shelling on the vicinity of Ras Al-Ayn area in Al-Hasakah countryside, 4 were killed in the Turkish strikes on al-Bajiya village of Tal Abyad area, and 4 in Turkish airstrikes target the vicinity of Ras al-Ayn (Sari Kani) city, 3 including a female party official were killed by gunshot when they were heading towards Tal Abyad city, a female child was killed in shelling targeted al-Qahtaniyah countryside, and a man was targeted by Turkish snipers in Darbasiyah city, a woman and man were killed in Qameshly city by the Turkish Forces, and a man was killed in rocket shelling by the Turkish Forces on Qasr Dib village on the outskirts of al-Malkiyyeh.

In connection to this and as the wave of displacement has been largely growing from the area of east Euphrates, the number of displaced people according to statistics of the “Syrian Observatory” exceeded 130000 civilians of who have displaced from their areas in Tal Abyad, Ras al-Ayn, Darbasiyah and other areas east of Euphrates at the border with Turkey, and some of them are scattered out in the open and most of them headed towards the depth of area, not to mention the difficult humanitarian conditions experienced by the area such as the interruption of water in al-Hasaka city, and the power stations are out of service due to shelling and clashes.