The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Turkish bombing on the Syrian – Iraqi border kills 18 fighters of the Kurdish forces including workers of its media center

 

The number of casualties is still increasing, due to the bombing by Turkish warplanes on the extreme east of al-Hasaka province, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights was informed by several reliable sources that it rose to 18, the number of persons who were killed in the bombing that took place dawn of today Tuesday 25th of April 2017, which targeted a media center of the Kurdish Forces and a the broadcast station of a local radio station in hill in Qarrah Jokh area at the Syrian – Iraqi border in the far extreme countryside of Qameshly, and the hill is near Burj area which belongs to Derik town (al-Malkiyyeh), in conjunction with another bombing by a squadron of warplanes for the area of ​​Sinjar (Shinkal) on the opposite side of the Iraqi border, where in addition to the media center; these airstrikes targeted leadership centers of the Kurdish forces in the area.