At least two civilians were killed and 10 injured in a car bomb attack in northern Syria on Thursday, Turkey's Ministry of National Defense said.
"The baby killer PKK/YPG continues to carry out bloody terrorist attacks just like Daesh/ISIS.
"Two civilians were killed and more than 10 civilians were injured in a bomb attack in Rasulayn by the brutal terrorist organization," the ministry said on Twitter.
In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and EU -- has been responsible for the deaths of nearly 40,000 people, including women, children and infants. The YPG is the PKK's Syrian offshoot.
Turkey has been attacked by Daesh/ISIS terrorists numerous times since 2013, including in 10 suicide bombings, seven bombings, and four armed attacks which killed 315 people and injured hundreds.
In response to the attacks, Turkey launched anti-terror operations at home and abroad, neutralizing 3,500 Daesh terrorists and arresting 5,500.
Car bombs have become the new attack tactic used by the Kurdish militias to target Turkish-backed fighters, but this deadly tactic has claimed the lives of tens of people this week as blasts hit marketplaces and bus terminals in the towns of Azaz, al-Bab, Jarablus and Tel Abyad.
Last week, YPG’s car bomb killed 17 people and wounded 20 others in Tel Khalaf village near the border town of Ras al-Ayn, the Turkish Defence Ministry said Tuesday.
On Oct. 9, 2019, Turkey launched Operation Peace Spring to eliminate terrorists from northern Syria, east of the Euphrates River, secure Turkey’s borders, aid in the safe return of Syrian refugees, and ensure Syria’s territorial integrity.
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a group dominated by the YPG, has been controlling some 28 percent of the Syrian territories, including most of the 911-kilometer-long Syria-Turkey border.
Turkey’s military took the Kurdish-held border areas in northern Syria immediately after US forces were withdrawn. Turkey has a longstanding enmity with the Kurds and wants to push back the YPG from its border.
In October, tens of thousands of people fled their homes in the border towns in northern Syria, including Tel Abyad and Ras al-Ayn, as Turkish forces pushed into the area.
Turkey claims the YPG is a “terrorist” offshoot of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has fought an insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984.
Zaman Al Wasl, AA
Zaman Al Wasl
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