Toddler killed in northern Syria shelling
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A young baby was killed and two other civilians were injured following heavy shelling near Ain Issa in Syria’s northern Raqqa province late Sunday, Kurdish-led forces said.
“The Turkish occupation commits another horrific massacre against innocent civilians NE Syria,” said a statement from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
“This time in the village of al-Jamas in the eastern countryside of Ain Isa, where the Turkish occupation brutally shelled the populated village with heavy artillery, resulting in the martyrdom of one little girl,” added the SDF, identifying the baby as Asya Hamad.
A woman and another child were also injured in the shelling, according to the statement.
Turkey has not commented on the shelling and it has repeatedly emphasized that it does not target civilians in its military operations against the SDF in Syria.
But the SDF has blamed Turkey and Turkish-backed militants for a spate of attacks recently on civilians at northern Syria’s key Tishreen Dam on the Euphrates River, which have inflicted deaths and injuries.
“The Turkish occupation commits another horrific massacre against innocent civilians NE Syria,” said a statement from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
“This time in the village of al-Jamas in the eastern countryside of Ain Isa, where the Turkish occupation brutally shelled the populated village with heavy artillery, resulting in the martyrdom of one little girl,” added the SDF, identifying the baby as Asya Hamad.
A woman and another child were also injured in the shelling, according to the statement.
Turkey has not commented on the shelling and it has repeatedly emphasized that it does not target civilians in its military operations against the SDF in Syria.
But the SDF has blamed Turkey and Turkish-backed militants for a spate of attacks recently on civilians at northern Syria’s key Tishreen Dam on the Euphrates River, which have inflicted deaths and injuries.