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Turkish drone targets car near Ain Issa

"Turkish ground forces have shelled positions in Al-Khalidiyah Houshan village to the west of Ain Issa, but no casualties have been reported".

Wladimir van Wilgenburg 2022/03/17 10:54

A Bayraktar TB2 drone pictured at the Geçitkale military airbase near Gazimağusa (Famagusta) in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Dec. 16, 2019. (Photo: AFP)

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ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – A Turkish drone attack caused material damage in the northeastern Syrian city of Ain Issa in the Raqqa governorate on Wednesday.

“A Turkish drone targets a civilian car in the Hoshan village, west of Ain Issa, causing material damage,” the media center of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Wednesday.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) also reported a car being targeted.

It added that “Turkish ground forces have shelled positions in Al-Khalidiyah Houshan village to the west of Ain Issa, but no casualties have been reported.”

On Tuesday, two civilians in the northwestern Syrian city of Manbij were injured by a Turkish drone strike.

Update:
A Turkish drone targets a civilian car in the Hoshan village, west of Ain Issa, causing material damage.
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Since late January, the number of Turkish drone strikes in northeast Syria has increased, primarily targeting areas held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).