North Syria violence with Turkey kills 13 civilians: Syrian war monitor
The Hindu
Violence between Turkey and Syria's Kurds escalated this week with a deadly Turkish strike killing 17 regime and Kurdish fighters in retaliation for Kurdish fire inside Turkey.
At least 13 civilians were killed during two separate incidents in the latest flare-up of violence along Syria's northern border with Turkey, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor, said on Friday.
The bloodshed comes against a backdrop of increased tensions pitting Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces backed by the regime against Turkish forces and their Syrian proxies.
Artillery fire by the Syrian regime on the border town of Al-Bab, which is under the control of Turkish-controlled Syrian forces, killed nine civilians on Friday morning, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
"Children were among the victims and at least 30 others were wounded," the UK-based Observatory said, adding that the shelling originated from regime positions.
A spokesman for the Kurdish-dominated SDF denied any involvement.
The shelling struck a busy market place, where residents and first responders rushed to assist and evacuate the wounded.
An AFP correspondent said the strike had ripped through the market area and described a jumble of body parts, strewn vegetables and mangled handcarts.
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