Thirteen civilians have been killed since last night in northern Syria where the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are pitted against the Turks and their local allies.
Nine people were killed including at least five children in a rocket attack on a market in the northern Syrian city of Al Bab, according to emergency response agencies working in rebel-held areas.
The White Helmets, a rescue group working in parts of Syria still under the control of armed opposition groups, said at least 28 others were injured.
The warring groups in Syria’s conflict that erupted 11 years ago have turned the north into a patchwork of control zones.
Al Bab is among the areas of Aleppo under the control of Turkish-backed rebels, but other parts are under the control of Russian-backed Syrian government troops.
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, led by Kurdish organizations that have started dialogue with the Damascus-based government, also control parts of the north and northeast.
The head of the SDF’s media center, Farhad Sami, said the organization had nothing to do with today’s attack.
Activists in Al-Bab planned to hold a protest after Friday’s Muslim prayers to denounce Turkey’s calls for reconciliation between the Syrian government and the opposition.
In a statement distributed to the media after the attack, activists called off the protest for fear of further violence.
In a separate incident, in Hasakeh, in the northeastern part of the country, the autonomous Kurdish administration announced today that a Turkish raid “killed four children and wounded 11 others” “overnight at a closed juvenile center.” The NGO Human Rights Watch confirmed this account.
Turkey has been threatening since May to launch a major offensive against Kurdish forces that control most of northeastern Syria.
Since July, Turkish drones have increasingly struck areas controlled by the SDF, according to the Observatory and Kurdish officials.
On Tuesday, 17 pro-regime fighters were killed in a Turkish airstrike, the Observatory said, which was unable to specify whether it was just regime soldiers or if it included Kurdish fighters.
Source: AMPE
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