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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Turkey strikes Syrian town of Kobani, Kurdish spokesman says
2022-11-20
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[RIA Novost] Turkey launched strikes on the city of Kobani, which is under the control of the Kurdish formations of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), SDF spokesman Farhad Shami said on Twitter.

"Kobani... is being bombed by Turkish occupation aircraft," Shami wrote.

Earlier, the head of the Turkish Ministry of Internal Affairs , Suleiman Soylu , reported suspicions that the order to carry out a terrorist attack in the center of Istanbul last week came from this border city, and the perpetrator entered Turkish territory through the village of Afrin.

Last Sunday, an explosion occurred on the pedestrian Istiklal Street in Istanbul, killing six people and injuring 81. The suspect in the attack was detained, she confessed to having links with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) banned in Turkey.
NPA Syria adds:
The city of Kobani, northern Syria on the border with The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
, was subjected on early Sunday to bombing by Ottoman Turkish warplanes. The bombardment also covered vast swaths of lands in northern Syria.

Three explosions shook the city.

Sources told North Press that Ottoman Turkish warplanes targeted with three air raids the Meshtanour hill, southeast of the city.

One of the Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s targeted a position near the broadcasting service, west of Kobani.

No information have been provided regarding any casualties among civilians.

The Ottoman Turkish bombardment expanded to include Daqel Baqel power station in the countryside of Derik (al-Malikiyah) in far northeast Syria. The strikes led to a power outage in the area.

The bombardment also targeted areas in the northern countryside of Aleppo, locally known as Shahba region where displace people of Afrin region have been residing in since Turkey occupied it in 2018 following a military operation called "Olive Branch". No further information have been provided.
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