Turkey’s Jet Hits Northern Syria. On Sunday, Turkey declared that it had launched airstrikes against camps used by renegade Kurdish militants in northern Syria and Iraq. Additionally, the bases that they claimed were being used to undertake “terrorist” attacks on Turkish territory.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based war monitoring organization. It was reported that 31 persons were killed in the overnight attacks in northern and northeastern Syria. It is mostly against sites held by Syrian Kurdish forces. So, the Operation Claw-Sword offensive began a week after an explosion in the heart of Istanbul left 81 people injured.
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has fought a bloody insurgency there for decades and is regarded as a terrorist organization by Ankara. While its Western allies were blamed for the attack by Turkey. The PKK has refuted any involvement in the explosion in Istanbul.
Turkey’s Jet Hits Northern Syria. A week after an Istanbul explosion attributed to Kurdish militants. While Turkey launched airstrikes on Kurdish sites in Iraq and Syria.
Defence Minister Statement
According to the defense ministry, Operation Claw-Sword airstrikes targeted Kurdish sites used to launch assaults against Turkey.
According to a Syrian-Kurdish spokesperson, two communities with large populations of internally displaced people were targeted. The banned Kurdish PKK organization denies responsibility for the attack in Istanbul.
Turkey’s Jet Hits Northern Syria. Therefore, the Turkish defense ministry tweeted that the “hour of reckoning” had arrived as the airstrikes. It got underway and included images of a fighter jet taking off and video of an explosion.
Tweet By Turkish Defence Minister
The Turkish defense ministry tweeted, “the hour of reckoning has come” early on Sunday, with a picture of a military aircraft taking off for a nighttime mission. The ministry also promised to hold those responsible for the “treacherous attacks” accountable.
The banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and its linked Syrian Kurdish factions. These are to blame for the bombing in Istanbul on November 13. Additionally, fighting Kurds have said they are not involved.
Hulusi Akar, Turkey’s defense minister, declared that “terrorists’ shelters, bunkers, caves, tunnels, and warehouses were successfully destroyed.” Later, the Turkish defense ministry claimed that 89 targets had been destroyed in the airstrikes on Kurdish militant bases in northern Syria and northern Iraq.
The ministry reported that 89 militant targets, including hideouts, bunkers, caverns, tunnels, ammunition depots, and so-called headquarters. While training camps “were demolished” and “many terrorists were neutralized,” including their leaders. After the mission, “all our planes safely returned to their bases,” it was stated.
Defence Minister Recapping Tayyip Erdogan
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave the order for the most recent operation, which the Syrian government said claimed the lives of several of its soldiers. So, it was shown in a video image of being briefed by Defense Minister Hulusi Akar.
The deadly Istanbul blast brought back painful memories of a spate of nationwide attacks from 2015 to 2017. Primarily attributed to Kurdish militants or jihadists from the Islamic State (IS) organization. The attack was the deadliest in five years. So, no one or anything has accepted ownership.
Rocket Attack
According to the official Anadolu news agency, three persons were hurt by a missile fired from Syria. It was near the Turkish border during Turkey’s Jet Hits Northern Syria. According to the agency, the rocket fired by Kurdish militia forces fell on the Oncupinar border gate area close to the Syrian border. Injuring one Turkish soldier and two special forces police officers.
Following the explosion in Istanbul, Turkish authorities detaineseveralof suspects. Including the main suspect, Alham Albashir, a Syrian woman who is alleged to have worked for Kurdish militants. Five additional people have been detained in Bulgaria for aiding one of the suspects.
Turkish State Media
According to Turkish state media, three persons were reportedly hurt on the Turkish border later on Sunday by a missile fired from Syria. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights states that at least 31 people have died in northern Syria. Which targets were targeted in Iraq is unclear.
Kurdish insurgents have been fighting for Kurdish autonomy in southeast Turkey for decades to stop attacks on Turkish territory. Turkey has recently carried ouseveralof cross-border operations against Kurdish groups based in northern Iraq and Syria.
US Department Stated:
The US State Department had advised its citizens not to travel to northern Syria and Iraq on Friday. Due to its concern over potential military action by Turkey.
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The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) claimed Turkish air raids had attacked Kobane (Ayn al-Arab) in northeast Syria. Despite Ankara withholding specifics of the overnight operation.
ISIL (ISIS) took Kobane, a town with a majority of Kurds close to the Turkish border. In late 2014, Kurdish fighters drove them out in the early months of 2015.
SDF Statement
According to Farhad Shami, the head of the SDF media center. “Kobane, the city that fought ISIS, is vulnerable to bombing by the planes of the Turkish occupation.”
Mazloum Abdi, the SDF commander, urged residents to stay indoors and follow the directives of the security forces. “Every attempt is being made to avert a serious tragedy. All will be impacted if war breaks out, he said.
Turkey’s Jet Hits Northern Syria. Later, an SDF spokesman promised that the assaults “will not go unanswered. We will react forcefully and successfully when the time and place are right.
Since 2016, Turkey has launched three incursions into northern Syria and already holds some of the region’s territory. Erdogan threatened to conduct another military action in the border region earlier this year. In April, Turkish forces launched a brand-new ground and air operation against the PKK in northern Iraq, dubbed Claw-Lock.
