2 injured in another Turkish drone strike in northeast Syria: SOHR

The drone allegedly targeted the center of the Asayish (Internal Security Forces) in Abu Rasin.
The Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drone is pictured at Gecitkale military airbase on December 16, 2019. (AFP photo)
The Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drone is pictured at Gecitkale military airbase on December 16, 2019. (AFP photo)

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – A Turkish drone strike injured two people in Abu Rasin (Zirgan in Kurdish) in the northwestern countryside of Syria's Al-Hasakah province on Monday, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) war monitor reported.

The drone allegedly targeted the center of the Asayish (Internal Security Forces) in Abu Rasin.

Turkish-backed forces have recently increased their shelling of areas near Ain Issa and Tal Tamr. Turkey has also recently increased the number of drone strikes in northeast Syria.

A Turkish drone targeted a member of the General Command of the Syriac Military Council Orom Maroge in Tal Tamr on Sunday.

"A member of MFS General Command and fighters injured. We as MFS condemn this attack against our forces and SDF," the Syriac Military Council tweeted. 

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On Friday, one person was killed and two others injured by a Turkish drone attack, including the well-known poet Ferhad Merde, near the town of Tirbespi (Qahtaniya) in the northeastern Hasakah province.

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Despite separate ceasefire agreements between Turkey and Russia and Turkey and the United States, in effect since October 2019, Turkish-backed groups and the Turkish Army continue to target SDF-held areas. 

Civilians have fallen victim to these attacks.

Turkey's recent bombardments and strikes in northeast Syria are providing a "safe environment" to terrorist cells in the region, Syriac Military Council spokesperson Matay Hana said on Monday. 

"The recent shelling and drone attacks by the Turkish Armed Forces and their affiliates is an attempt to destabilize the towns and villages near to the Tal Tamr frontline,” Jamie Parks, a Syria-based researcher at the Rojava Information Center, told Kurdistan 24.

“A power station was damaged by shelling, and later military personnel on their way to inspect were injured by a drone strike,” he said. “It appears that this escalation and intentional targeting of inhabited areas over the last few days is intended to damage basic infrastructure and hence worsen living conditions for local people."