18 airstrikes since morning | Turkish aircraft attacks vital institutions in Kobani and Qamishli, killing and injuring 17 civilians
Al-Hasakah province: SOHR sources have reported that the number of civilians who were killed in today’s airstrikes by Turkish aircraft in different areas in Al-Qamishli city has increased to six; they are distributed as follows:
- Four civilians in an attack on “Semaf” print shop in the west of Al-Qamishly city.
- A civilian was killed in an attack on a site nearby a presser in the silos area.
- A civilian was killed in an attack on a centre for distributing fuels in Al-Qamishli city.
The Turkish airstrikes also injured 11 other civilians, some seriously; they are as follows:
- Nine civilians were injured in attacks on Al-Qamishli city.
- Two civilians were injured in attacks on Ain Al-Arab city (Kobani).
Accordingly, the number of airstrikes carried out by Turkish aircraft in Ain Al-Arab (Kobani) and Al-Hasakah countryside since morning has increased to 18.
Those attacks, which violate all international conventions by targeting vital institutions and infrastructures, targeted the following sites:
- The power plant in Milson neighbourhood.
- A post behind the railway station in Antiriyah neighbourhood.
- “Semaf” print shop in the west of Al-Qamishly city.
- A construction centre in the east of Al-Qamishly city, near COVID hospital.
- The railway station.
- A site near the bureau of SADCOP (Storing and Distributing Co., Petroleum Products) for storing and distributing diesel in Al-Alayah neighbourhood in Al-Qamishli city in Al-Hasakah countryside, near the prison which hosts ISIS prisoners.
- Another site in Al-Alayah neighbourhood in Al-Qamishli city.
- The cement plant in the east of Al-Qamishly city.
- A mill in the east of Al-Qamishly city.
- “Al-Shamal” company nearby the silos in Qanat Al-Suez neighbourhood.
- A wedding hall in Amudah town in Al-Qamishli countryside.
- “Fawwaz Aref” wheat sorting machine in the west of Amudah town in Al-Hasakah countryside.
- A mountain near Shurak village in Al-Qamishli countryside.
- Five strikes targeted different positions in Ain Al-Arab city (Kobani) in the eastern countryside of Aleppo. One of the airstrikes targeted a construction company affiliated to the Autonomous Administration.
Accordingly, the number of attacks carried out by Turkish drones on areas controlled by the Autonomous Administration in north and north-east Syria since early 2023 has increased to 124. These attacks left 92 fatalities, as well as the injury of over 106 others. The fatalities are distributed as follows:
- 24 civilians, including two children and three women, and three civilian officials of the Autonomous Administration, including a female.
- 65 combatants of military formations operating in areas controlled by the Autonomous Administration, including two commanders.
- Three regime soldiers.
Turkish drone attacks in SDF-controlled areas in 2023 are distributed regionally as follows:
- Al-Hasakah: 81 attacks left 59 fatalities: 21 civilians, including four women and two children, and 38 combatants, including two commanders.
- Al-Raqqah: Three attack left no fatalities.
- Aleppo countryside: 36 attacks left 27 combatants, three regime soldiers and three civilians dead.