After targeting the vital facilities and populated areas, the Turkish forces shell and target 3 archeological sites in Afrin
The Turkish shelling is still ongoing on Afrin area, where the shelling is concentrated vital facilities and archeological sites, in addition to the populated areas, where the SOHR monitored during the past days renewed targeting on places in the south, north and southeast of Afrin city, and the warplanes targeted the vicinity of Maydanki Dam “the 17th Nisan Dam”, causing material damage, and a state of fear and tension among civilians of the destruction of the dam, which will cause flooding in many areas in Afrin, and warplanes carried out raids since the beginning of “Olive Branch” operation on the 20th of January 2018 on 3 archeological sites.
Reliable sources stressed to the SOHR that Turkish warplanes carried out raids on Monday the 29th of January on Deir Meshmesh archeological area in southeast of Afrin, and the area of Al-Nabi Hori in the northeast of Afrin, and also carried out raids on Ein Dara archeological area in south of Afrin, and the airstrikes caused material damage to the area of Al-Nabi Hori and Deir Messhmesh, while it caused material damage to the archeological site of Ein Dara, and the targeting of the archeological sites by the Turkish warplanes, caused rage among locals, who accused the Turkish forces of an attempt to eliminate the archeological sites that represent the civilizations in the area of Afrin.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also monitored that airstrikes have been targeting since after the midnight of Sunday – Monday, places in the vicinity of Maydanki Dam “the 17th Nisan Dam”, which is located about 10 km to the left of Afrin city, amid fears of targeting the Dam and destroying it by the Turkish warplanes which target it for the third time in 10 days of the “Olive Branch” Operation announced by Turkey against Afrin, and the Syrian Observatory also monitored raids targeting Kadah village in Raju Township west of Afrin, the villages of Turmish and Khalila in Sheikh Hadid Township, the villages of Burj Suleiman, Deir Mishmish, Koblah, Burj Hayder and another village in Shirawa Township, and Baqja village in Bulbula Township, amid the continuation of warplanes to fly over Afrin city and its countryside, and the airstrikes caused more damage to the property of the citizens, and information was reported about injuries due to the bombardment.