Seven Syrian civilians killed in Turkish assault
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.
