Turkish Airstrikes Hit Syria and Iraq, Spreading Terror and Anxiety

In apparent retribution for a strike on a crucial state-run defense business that left five people dead and over twenty injured, Turkey’s Air Force has targeted Kurdish sites in Syria and Iraq.

The Ministry of National Defense stated on Thursday that 47 targets were ruined in Wednesday’s aerial operation, although it did not specify which specific places were struck. According to the report, a variety of procedures were taken to keep civilians safe. Turkish military hit 18 sites in northern Syria and 29 targets in northern Iraq, according to Defense Minister Yasar Guler.

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which are supported by the United States, reported Thursday that Turkish airstrikes in Syria killed 12 citizens, especially two children, and injured 25 others. The SDF, which includes Arab combatants and is led by the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), has been a key ally of the US-led alliance against ISIS. A fourth of Syria is under its control, including oil reserves and regions where a number 900 US forces are stationed.

In an attack on Wednesday, fighters detonated weapons of mass destruction and opened fire at the airplane and defense company TUSAS, located close to the capital Ankara, which produces and designs military and civilian aircraft, drones, and other defense-related and aerospace equipment. According to the Turkish Defense Ministry, 59 militants were slain in the strikes.

The press also releases noted Turkish bombardment and stated that Turkish jets and UAVs [drones] attacked bakeries, power plants, oil facilities, and Internal Security Force checkpoints in addition to civilian areas.

Several hours after Turkish government officials accused the PKK of carrying out the fatal attack at the corporate office of the aerospace and defense corporation Tusaş in Ankara, Turkey’s air force launched attacks against comparable sites in northern Syria and northern Iraq on Wednesday.

According to the Turkish defense ministry, the aerial attack destroyed around 30 objectives. According to sources, Tusaş was attacked when two attackers, an individual and a woman, killed the driver of a cab they had seized and drove to the company’s offices.

Erdogan denounced the horrible assault while meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the fringes of a gathering of the BRICS emerging economies in Russia. The incident was denounced in a statement by the Iraqi consulate in Ankara.

According to the statement, it expresses the unity of the Iraqi government and citizens with the government and people of the Republic of Turkey, and affirms Iraq’s firm stand on condemning terrorism and extremism in any and all forms and manifestations.” Iraq said earlier this year that the PKK would no longer be allowed. Turkey often launches airstrikes against the PKK in Iraq and against a PKK-affiliated Kurdish organization in Syria.