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| Two killed, 12 wounded in Turkish border town after YPG attack |
| 2019-10-16 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Two people were killed and 12 were wounded on Tuesday after the Syrian Kurdish YPG forces launched a mortar attack on Turkey’s border town of Kiziltepe, according to the governor’s office in the Turkish province of Mardin. The attack came amid a Turkish military offensive against Kurdish-led forces including the YPG in northeastern Syria, which is rapidly reshaping the battlefield of the world’s deadliest ongoing war. The wounded were taken to hospitals in the region to receive treatment, the governor’s office said in a statement. Last week, eight people were killed and 35 wounded after a similar attack by YPG forces on the border town of Nusaybin in Mardin, the governor’s office had said. Separately, a mortar attack last week on the border town of Suruc, in the Sanliurfa province, killed three others. The YPG is part of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which Turkey is attacking and attempting to push out from northeastern Syria. Related: YPG: 2019-10-14 Daesh detainees flee as YPG/PKK sets camp on fire YPG: 2019-10-14 Erdogan slams rare rebuke from north Cyprus over Syria offensive YPG: 2019-10-14 Trump prepares to drop sanctions hammer on Turkey Related: Mardin: 2019-10-12 10 civilians killed in YPG mortar attacks on southeast Turkey Mardin: 2019-09-26 Turkish bombardment kills 1 civilian in Duhok: official Mardin: 2019-09-21 Turkey stations doctors near Syrian border for possible military operation |
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