Four civilians injured by Turkish shelling west of Kobani: SOHR

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Four civilians working in a water shop on Thursday were seriously injured by artillery shells by Turkish forces on a water shop in Zor Maghar, west of Kobani, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) war monitor reported on Thursday.

The injured people were transferred to Kobani hospital for treatment.

The shelling also damaged a nearby hospital.

Also on Dec. 20, Turkish forces shelled villages in northern Aleppo. However, no casualties were reported.

For more than a month, the Turkish army and Turkish-backed rebel groups have targeted areas held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in late November also threatened to launch a ground operation after Turkey carried out a large number of airstrikes in northern Syria and the Kurdistan Region.

However, SOHR said that “intensive ground and aerial bombardment on the areas and countryside of Aleppo, Al-Raqqah and Al-Hasakah by Turkish forces have dramatically declined, except for some rockets and shells that hit the frontlines.”