Bomb attack by YPG/PKK kills at least 2 civilians in Syria's Afrin
A bomb blast in a bus killed at least 2 civilians Sunday in the northern Syrian city of Afrin, and eight others got injured in the explosion, said the local sources. The deadly bombing is believed to be the work of the terrorist YPG/PKK, an attack mounted on the first anniversary of the start of Turkey's cross-border counter-terrorist operation, Operation Olive Branch.
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- Published Date: 12:00 | 20 January 2019
- Modified Date: 01:43 | 20 January 2019
Two civilians were killed and eight injured on Sunday in a bomb attack in the northern Syrian town of Afrin.
The twin bombings are believed to be the work of the terrorist YPG/PKK, an attack mounted on the first anniversary of the start of Turkey's cross-border counter-terrorist operation, Operation Olive Branch.
One of the bombs, targeting a bus, killed two civilians and injured eight.
The other was planted along a busy street in a garbage dumpster, but hurt no one.
Since 2016, Turkey's Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch operations in northwestern Syria have liberated the region of YPG/PKK and Daesh terrorists, making it possible for Syrians who fled violence there to return home.
Since being rooted out from Afrin by last year's Operation Olive Branch, the YPG/PKK has targeted civilians and security forces with terrorist attacks.
In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK -- recognized as a terrorist group by Turkey, the U.S., and the EU -- has been responsible for the deaths of some 40,000 people. The YPG/PYD is the group's Syrian branch.
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