Three civilians were killed in a car bomb attack in the northeastern town of Tal Abyad, the Turkish Defense Ministry said Tuesday.
Two more civilians were injured in the bomb attack, the ministry said in a statement.
The wounded have been transferred to a hospital in Turkey’s southeastern Sanliurfa province’s Akcakale district, according to the Anadolu Agency.
Turkish troops and Turkey-backed Syrian National Army in October 2019 took control of Tal Abyad and other border towns from Kurdish forces, after US troops - who were protecting the Kurds - pulled out, according to BBC.
Car bombs have become the new attack tactic by Kurdish militias to target pro-Turkey fighters but this deadly tactic has claimed the lives of tens of people as blasts hit marketplaces and bus terminals in the Turkish-held areas in northern Syria.
Tens of thousands of people fled their homes in October in border towns in northern Syria, including Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ain, as Turkish forces pushed into the area.
Turkey's military took the Kurdish-held border areas in northern Syria immediately after US forces were withdrawn.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.
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
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