YPG/PKK rocket attack kills 2 civilians in northern Syria

TEL ABYAD, Syria (AA) – Two civilians were killed and two others injured in a rocket attack by YPG/PKK terrorist group in northern Syria on Thursday, according to local sources.

YPG/PKK terrorists mounted a rocket attack in the town of Tuffaha in Tel Abyad city, the sources said.

One of the rockets hit a civilian house, the sources added.

The injured were transferred to the Tel Abyad hospital for medical attention.

Tel Abyad was cleared of YPG/PKK in October 2019 with Türkiye’s Operation Peace Spring.

Since 2016, Ankara has launched a trio of successful anti-terror operations across its border in northern Syria to prevent the formation of a terror corridor and enable the peaceful settlement of residents: Euphrates Shield (2016), Olive Branch (2018), and Peace Spring (2019).

In its more than 35-year terror campaign against Türkiye, the PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Türkiye, the US, and the EU -- has been responsible for the deaths of over 40,000 people, including women, children and infants. The YPG is the PKK's Syrian offshoot.

* Ikram Imane Kouachi contributed to this report