At Least 40 Dead In Syria Bombing
Reuters reported the Turkish Defense Ministry on
April 28, saying that at least 40 people were killed in a bomb blast that
happened the same day in the city of Afrin, in northern Syria.
The social networking site Twitter of the Ministry of
Defense of Turkey said the explosion occurred in a densely populated area in
the center of Afrin city. Among the victims, there were 11 children.
According to the video of the scene of the explosion shared
by the agency, black smoke and billowing dust rose, while an ambulance and
police sirens kept wailing at the back. Turkey's Ministry of Defense
accuses the Kurdish militia (YPG) of being behind the attack.
Turkey views the YPG as a terrorist organization affiliated
with Kurdish rebels to conduct military operations in northern
Syria. Ankara regularly accuses the YPG of being behind attacks, while the
YPG insists it does not target civilians.
Afrin has been overrun by Turkish forces and Islamic
extremists (FSA) since the Kurdish militia since March 2018 in a major
offensive.
After gaining control of Afrin, the Turkish army and the FSA
have turned the area into a major base of extremist and jihadist forces in
rural northern Syria.
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