At least 20 killed in Turkish strike on northeast Syria
Turkey's defence ministry said Friday it had launched a new wave of air strikes in retaliation for an attack in Ankara earlier this month that wounded two security personnel. A man reacts during the funeral of members of the Kurdish Asayish security forces, killed a day earlier in a Turkish drone strike, in the town of Amuda on October 7, 2023. QAMISHLI (SYRIA): A Turkish air strike on Monday killed 20 Kurdish security personnel and wounded dozens at a training centre for police in Kurdish-held northeast Syria, a war monitor said. Turkey has been bombing sites in the area since Thursday, hitting civilian and military targets and infrastructure and causing casualties, according to Kurdish authorities. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitor, said that 20 people had been killed and around 50 wounded after a Turkish warplane targeted a training centre belonging to Kurdish internal security forces, known as the Asayish, on the outskirts of Al-Malikiyah. The Kur...