Despite 17 months of relative calm in Syria's Kurdish villages near the border with Turkey, press sources have revealed that the Kurdish village of Ain Issa has been stricken by Turkish forces for the first time last night.
🇹🇷🇸🇾 Turkey air strikes hit northeastern Syria, targeting the country's Kurdish population. pic.twitter.com/xmnpixlwBi
— Salamander Media (@SMDRMedia) March 21, 2021
In what seems to be a Turkish violation of the 2019 accords between Ankara, Washington, and Moscow, ending escalations in the region as Turkey continued to target the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) along its borders, Turkish air forces have bombed several targets in Ain Issa during the early hours of Sunday.
#Syria : Turkish airstrikes on zone held by Kurdish forces - the first for 17 months #عين_عيسى pic.twitter.com/dNl7QeJlhF
— sebastian usher (@sebusher) March 20, 2021
From 1994 to 2021 nothing has changed in #Turkey. Those who are struggling for human rights, freedom of expression and a democratic solution to the Kurdish issue are always being targeted by the Turkish state! #TwitterKurds pic.twitter.com/u8lmFoHI7q
— Cahîda Dêrsim (@dersi4m) March 21, 2021
The strikes follow intense clashes between Turkish-backed militias and SDF near Ain Issa, which has led to a number of causalities, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Turkish airforce conducted its first strikes in 17 months against a zone in north Syria held by Kurdish militia on Saturday night.#Turkey #Syria #Kurds
— Randa HABIB (@RandaHabib) March 21, 2021
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At a time Kurds and Persians around the world celebrate the beginning of the New Year's known as Nowruz, Turkey seems to be aggravating its crackdown against its Kurdish minority in addition to Kurdish fighters across its border with Syria, as Ankara regards Kurdish armed factions "terrorist groups."
