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2 people were killed when Kurdish militants in Syria fired rockets inside Turkiye.
Suspected Kurdish militant fighters in Syria fired a rocket across the Turkish border on Monday, killing at least 2 people and wounding 10 others, Turkish officials said.
The attack followed deadly Turkish airstrikes on suspected military targets in Syria and Iraq. One of the rockets fell near a school in the town of Karkamis in Gaziantep, and the explosive exploded through the windows of the teachers’ room, killing a 22-year-old teacher, the Education Minister said. A 5-year-old child was killed when a house in Karkamis was attacked.
The minister said a pregnant woman was believed to have died in good condition in the hospital, bringing the initial death toll to two. The minister said schools in the area had been closed. Soylu said that one soldier and seven Turkish policemen were wounded overnight in separate bombings by suspected Kurdish forces in nearby Kilis.
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Turkey will respond to the attack “in the strongest possible way,” he added. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces opened fire on Karkamis from its position near the Syrian border area of Kobani, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitor of the opposition war.
The Observatory said Turkish warplanes resumed airstrikes on Monday, hitting several areas near the nearby city of Kobani. He added that Turkish missiles responded to the rocket attacks by firing at regions of Syria near the town of Tel Rifaat and outside the town of Ein Issa.
Turkish officials did not immediately confirm reports of another Turkish airstrike. Turkish security officials have confirmed that Turkish terrorist groups have retaliated.
“The militants continue to attack innocent civilians… and went down as a targeted school, they are being held accountable for their actions,” the message said on Twitter.
Although the Kurdish forces in Syria did not comment or claim responsibility for the militant attack, the Syrian Democratic Forces promised on Monday that they would respond to the Turkish airstrikes “effectively and on time.” in the right place.”
The rocket attack came just days after Turkey attacked northern Syria and Iraq, targeting the Kurdish militia controlled by Ankara. November 2. 13 bombs in Istanbul. The bomb hit a busy street in the heart of Istanbul on November 2. 13, killing six people and injuring more than eighty people.
