![]() ![]() ![]() Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the aerial attacks on northeast Syria are in retaliation for a November 13 bombing in Istanbul that killed six civilians and injured dozens, for which Turkey has blamed the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the People's Protection Units (YPG). The area he was reporting from had been the target of a separate airstrike in the same location just hours before, the Committee to Protect Journalists reported. They include a journalist killed while interviewing residents of Derik (al-Malikiyah in Arabic), a city in northeast Syria’s al-Hasakeh governorate. The NES NGO forum stated that at least 10 civilians are reported to have died in Turkey’s airstrikes. Human Rights Watch spoke to six residents living in the cities of Kobani (Ayn al-Arab), Qamishli, Derik, and the town of Cil Axa (Al-Jawadiyah) in al-Hasakeh governorate, all of which suffered damages, as well as international humanitarian workers including two on the ground in northeast Syria. Turkey’s military strikes risk making an already unbearable situation much worse for Kurds, Arabs, and other communities.” “Syrians are already enduring a humanitarian catastrophe, a growing displacement crisis, and an economy in free fall. “Turkey’s attacks on populated areas and critical infrastructure across north and northeast Syria is putting civilians’ basic rights further at risk,” said Adam Coogle, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. The NES NGO forum, the lead coordination body for nongovernmental organizations working in northeast Syria, warned in a November 25 statement of the harm that targeting energy infrastructure could have on the environment and on the current water crisis in the region. The strikes have displaced families, caused significant power cuts and fuel shortages, forced aid organizations to temporarily suspend certain activities, and led to school and work disruptions, international humanitarian workers and local residents told Human Rights Watch. (Beirut) – Turkish airstrikes since November 20, 2022, are inflicting damage on densely populated areas and critical infrastructure across north and northeast Syria and exacerbating an already catastrophic humanitarian crisis for Kurds, Arabs, and other communities in the region, Human Rights Watch said today. © 2022 Anas Alkharboutli/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images A fighter of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army take part in a military parade in the countryside of Aleppo Governorate on June 9, 2022, as part of the forces' preparations for military actions on the areas controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces. ![]()
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