YPG terrorists’ rocket strikes kill 3 civilians in northern Syria

AT LEAST three civilians were killed Tuesday in northwestern Syria in a rocket strike by the PKK terrorist organization’s Syrian branch YPG, according to reports.

Eight others were wounded in the attack in the Azaz district. The strike was carried out by PKK/YPG terrorists in the Tal Rifaat area which has been under the terrorist group’s occupation for more than six years. The injured were transferred to surrounding hospitals. Separately, three rockets fired by PKK/YPG in northern Syria targeted an empty area in southeastern Türkiye near the Kilis Öncüpınar border crossing. No casualties have been reported, according to sources.

Meanwhile, schools were suspended in Syria’s northern cities of Tal Abyad and Jarablus on Tuesday amid attacks by the PKK/YPG terrorist group.

Local council officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the education process in schools in Jarablus across the Karkamış district, and in Tal Abyad across the Akçakale district of Şanlıurfa was halted until further notice. The officials attributed the decision to the increasing attacks by PKK/YPG terrorists on civilian settlements in the area.

Approximately 66,000 students are enrolled in 334 schools in Jarablus and Tal Abyad. On Monday, PKK/YPG terrorists launched rocket attacks in Jarablus.

“Schools were suspended on Tuesday due to PKK/YPG shelling of the surrounding area of Karkamış and Jarabulus,” Ubayda Bilal, a Syrian civilian in Jarablus, told Anadolu Agency (AA). He said families are afraid for the safety of their children as the city is a constant target of attacks by PKK/ YPG terrorists. “The suspension of schools gives the families some relief,” he added.