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Seven Syrian civilians killed in Turkish assault: monitor
BEIRUT, Oct 11, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Seven civilians were killed Friday by
Turkish air strikes and sniper fire in northeastern Syria, a war monitor
said.
“Four of them were killed when an air strike hit their car while fleeing”
in Tal Abyad, Rami Abdel Rahman, the head of the Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights, said.
The other three were killed by snipers around the border town, which has
been one of the main targets of the assault Turkey and its proxies launched
on Kurdish-controlled areas in Syria on Wednesday.
According to the UK-based monitor, a total of 17 civilians have been killed
since the start of the assault, which has also left 41 fighters from the
Kurdish forces dead.
Turkey announced on Friday that one soldier had been killed in the
fighting.
Seven civilians including a nine-month-old baby were also killed in Turkish
border towns in Sanliurfa and Mardin provinces. Nearly 70 other people were
injured.
BSS/AFP/SSS/1902 hrs