Turkey has bombed the Syrian town of Kobane in the north of the country, which is under the control of the Kurdish militias of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), reportedly leaving an undetermined number of dead and wounded, its spokesman said on social networks.
«The Turkish airstrike targeted military posts belonging to the Damascus government forces in Qazali (the eastern countryside of Tal Abyad), Tal Rif’at and Zarkan, resulting in deaths and injuries,» he wrote on his Twitter profile.
These attacks come days after Ankara blamed the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) for being behind last Sunday’s deadly bombing in central Istanbul. In addition, Turkey considers the People’s Protection Units (YPG), the main component of the SDF, an extension of the PKK, considered terrorist in that country.
Both groups have denied any involvement with the attack that claimed the lives of six people, however, the Turkish Interior Minister has pointed out that he «has suspicions» that the order was given from the Syrian city of Kobane.
«Kobane, the city that defeated Isis, is subject to bombardment by Turkish occupation planes,» wrote the spokesman who also picked up airstrikes against two villages in Aleppo.
For its part, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has reported that the Turkish military has carried out more than 20 airstrikes in the two provinces, ‘The Guardian’ reports.
