The Turkish air force last night bombed positions held by the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK), destroying an Assyrian Christian village in north-eastern Syria. The PKK is outlawed in Turkey. Turkish planes struck Tell Tawil, also known as Bnay Roumta, a village not far from Tel Tamer, Al-Hasakah Governorate. Local sources confirm that the area has been the target of Turkish air strikes and attacks as part of the war unleashed by Turkish President Recep Erdoğan against the Kurds in Syria and neighbouring Iraq, regardless of the consequences for the local civilian population. The attacks have damaged the property of local Assyrian Christians who have struggled to stay, stronger than violence and deprivation. According to witness accounts and pictures posted on social media, the air strikes caused serious damage to homes (pictured) and many are now uninhabitable, but no one in the civilian population was killed or wounded as residents managed to escape shortly before the attack. In recent weeks, Turkish planes have hit other Christian towns – Qamishli, Tal Gerebet and Ain Issa – in the Assyrian Christian region along the banks of the Khabur River.
SYRIA – TURKEY Turkish planes destroy a Christian village in Al-Hasakah Governorate
SYRIA – TURKEY Turkish planes destroy a Christian village in Al-Hasakah Governorate
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