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Three killed in bombing in Afrin
[Rudaw] Three civilians were reported killed in an kaboom in Afrin city on Sunday ‐ the one year anniversary of the launch of The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
’s offensive on the Kurdish enclave in northwestern Syria.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported "the death of at least 3 people in the bombing and more than 9 others were maimed."

The three who died are civilians, and holy warriors were among the maimed, the head of the Observatory told AFP.

The UK-based conflict monitor expects the corpse count to rise as some of the injured are at death's door.

The bombing was an kaboom that "targeted an internal transport bus" in the city centre, according to the White Helmets, volunteer first responders working in opposition-held areas of Syria.

Their teams in Afrin were at the scene helping with rescue operations.

No group has immediately grabbed credit.

Ottoman Turkish President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...
 said the "terror attack" in Afrin will not deter Turkey from its missions in Afrin, and areas around Jarabulus, Anadolu Agency reported.

Afrin was taken over by Ottoman Turkish forces and their allied Syrian militias after a two-month offensive that was launched on January 20, 2018. The offensive ended when the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) chose to withdraw from the largest city, also named Afrin, in order to prevent civilian casualties.

But the region has subsequently seen rising violence and insecurity.

Ottoman Turkish-backed Syrian militias have looted Kurdish shops and homes, settled Arab families displaced from other parts of the country in villages and cities, stolen from lucrative olive oil businesses, and kidnapped and killed Kurdish residents deemed to have ties with the YPG.

The YPG has continued a guerilla-style resistance in the enclave ‐ targeting militias and Ottoman Turkish troops in hit-and-run raids.

In a statement marking the anniversary on Sunday, the YPG said the human rights
...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions...
 situation in Afrin is "dire" and vowed to increase its struggle against the invading forces.
Posted by: trailing wife 2019-01-21
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