Turkey bombs Syria, Iraq in response to Istanbul terror attack
Fears are rising in Syria's Kurdish-controlled northeast over a potential military incursion by Turkey.
Turkey launched airstrikes on Syria’s majority-Kurdish region on Saturday night in apparent retaliation for a bombing that struck a crowded market in Istanbul last week.
Syrian Kurdish officials reported strikes in the areas of Kobani, Derik, Darbasiyah and Ayn Issa, key cities along the border between Syria’s northeastern autonomous region and Turkey.
It was not immediately clear which sites were specifically targeted, nor how many people may have been hurt or wounded. A source on the ground in Derik told Al-Monitor that a local power station had been hit.
Turkey’s pro-government NTV reported aircraft also bombed Iraq’s disputed Sinjar region, in which Ankara has alleged the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) retains a presence. In Syria, Turkish aircraft used Russian-controlled airspace to conduct the strikes, according to NTV.
