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Missile strikes on Syria oil refineries near Turkish border kill 4: Monitor
2021-03-07
[AlAhram] The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a series of strikes launched from Russian warships and by allied Syrian government forces hit the makeshift refineries in Aleppo province on Friday night.

Missile strikes on makeshift oil refineries in northern Syria killed four people and injured more than 20 others, a war monitor said Saturday.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a series of strikes launched from Russian warships and by allied Syrian government forces hit the makeshift refineries in Aleppo province on Friday night, causing a massive blaze in the area controlled by The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
and its Syrian rebel proxies.

The Britannia-based monitor "documented the deaths of four people, while 24 others sustained various injuries and burns" in the attacks near the town of Jarablus.

At least one Syrian rebel was among the dead, said Observatory head Rami Abdul Rahman.

Rescue workers spent hours trying to extinguish the fire which spread to about 30 oil tankers, according to the war monitor.

Oil installations in Turkey-controlled parts of Aleppo have come under repeated attack in recent months although Moscow and the Syrian regime have not grabbed credit.

The Observatory reported two such missile attacks last month.

In January, unidentified drones also hit oil refineries in Ottoman Turkish-held areas of Aleppo, causing a large fire, according to the Observatory.

Syria's war has killed more than 387,000 people and displaced millions since starting in 2011 with a brutal repression of anti-government protests.

It later evolved into a complex conflict involving jihadists and foreign powers.

Northern neighbour Turkey has seized control of several regions inside Syria in military campaigns against the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group and Kurdish fighters since 2016.
Related:
Aleppo province: 2020-12-01 Motorcycle bombing injures several in the town of Jarablus in Aleppo province
Aleppo province: 2020-11-25 Terror attack kills 1 in Afrin, northwestern Syria
Aleppo province: 2020-07-05 Human rights groups decry Turkish 'war crimes' in NE Syria
Related:
Makeshift refineries: 2014-10-01 IS Holds out after Week of Syria Air Strikes
Makeshift refineries: 2014-09-29 Air Strikes Hit Makeshift Refineries In Syria
Makeshift refineries: 2014-09-27 Jihadists Stop Pumping Oil in East Syria after Raids
Related:
Jarablus: 2020-12-01 Motorcycle bombing injures several in the town of Jarablus in Aleppo province
Jarablus: 2020-10-24 Russian long-range missiles destroyed the so-called diesel market of Turkish backed forces near Jarablus
Jarablus: 2019-12-10 Turkey announces the start of one million person ethnic cleansing in northern Syria
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