- Title: Six killed in Turkish border towns in mortar fire from Syria - governor's office
- Date: 10th October 2019
- Summary: QAMISHLI, SYRIA (AS FILMED FROM NUSAYBIN, TURKEY) (OCTOBER 10, 2019) (REUTERS) BLACK SMOKE BILLOWING OUT FROM THE AREA VARIOUS PILLARS OF WHITE SMOKE BILLOWING OUT NUSAYBIN, TURKEY (OCTOBER 10, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF DAMAGED BUILDING HIT BY MORTAR SHELLS FIRED FROM SYRIAN SIDE OF THE BORDER PEOPLE GATHERING OUTSIDE DAMAGED BUILDING BROKEN WINDOWS DAMAGED PAVEMENT STONE
- Embargoed: 24th October 2019 16:29
- Keywords: Turkey Syria military operation Operation Peace Spring mortar fire damage border town Nusaybin
- Location: QAMISHLI, SYRIA (AS FILMED FROM NUSAYBIN, TURKEY), NUSAYBIN, TURKEY
- City: QAMISHLI, SYRIA (AS FILMED FROM NUSAYBIN, TURKEY), NUSAYBIN, TURKEY
- Country: Turkey
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA001B0IN58N
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Six people including a 9-month-old baby were killed during mortar and rocket fire from Syria into Turkish border towns, governors' offices of southeastern Turkish provinces said on Thursday (October 10).
Three people were killed and 45 people wounded as shells hit the border towns of Akcakale and Ceylanpinar, Sanliurfa governor's office said in a statement.
The Turkish army detected and destroyed PKK and YPG militants targeting Turkish civilians, the defence ministry said following the shelling attack.
Separately, three people were killed and more than 20 people wounded as shells hit the border town of Nusaybin, Mardin governor's office said.
Turkey pressed its military offensive against U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria, shelling towns and bombing targets from the air in an operation that could transform an eight-year-old war.
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