Media outlets affiliated with the SDF on Friday reported a drone attack on a vehicle near a residential area on Qamishli-Tirbespi (al-Qahtaniyah) road, saying that three people were killed in the attack without identifying them.
The SDF on Saturday confirmed the identities of the dear departed as the commander of the SDF’s counter terrorism unit Salwa Yusef, Joanna Hasso, and Ruha Bashar.
The SDF said that the three were killed by a
SDF General Commander Mazloum Abdi on Sunday offered his condolences to the families of the three, vowing Dire Revenge.
"
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund...'s targeting [of] them undermines [the] war against ISIS [Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
]," Abdi said, calling on partners to make "greater efforts to stop violations."
"We will avenge," he added.
The US Central Command also offered its condolences on Sunday.
Turkey often targets the US-allied SDF and its backbone, the People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Syria on the grounds that they have links with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and pose a threat to
The
The PKK is an gang fighting for the increased rights of Kurds in Turkey. Ankara considers the group and its alleged offshoots in Syria as terrorist organizations.
Ankara has carried out two major military operations against Kurdish forces in Syria since 2018 and has in recent months renewed threats to carry out a new offensive against them in Syria's northern towns of Manbij and Tal Rifaat. Kurdish forces have said that they have taken the threats seriously and begun making preparations.