DAMASCUS (News Desk) – At least twenty civilians were Sunday killed as Turkish jets and artillery struck targets in northern Syria.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the Turkish warplanes targeted Manbij area of Jarablus city. Twenty people died and fifty other were left injured in Jeb el-Kussa village, it said.
Turkish officials yet remain to comment on the claim of the human rights observatory group.
In an earlier statement, the Turkish military said that they were targeting the areas held by the Kurdish YPG group, further adding that the campaign was against the Islamic State militant group.
