While
Ankara claims its ongoing military crackdown only targets terrorists, civilians often fall victim to the offensive – and not just in
Turkey’s Kurdish-populated provinces, but also across the border in
Syria where people suffer from cross-border shelling daily.
Turkish authorities have banned journalists and human rights organizations from covering its military operations against the
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (
PKK) in the
Nusaybin district in the southeastern Turkish province of
Mardin.
The only way to get a glimpse of the ongoing military action is to observe the so-called anti-terrorist operation from the relative safety of a
Syrian town of Qamishli, which lies only
200 meters away from the
Turkish army’s positions.
But journalists on Syrian territory are under the constant threat of stray shells coming from the Turkish side. RT has obtained an exclusive footage showing the
Turkish military operation against
Kurds from a local stringer.
At least two people including a child have been killed in Qamishli, according to an RT stringer on the ground, as a result of the cross-border artillery fire, which has continued at regular pace since early March, when Ankara launched the assault on Nusaybin. For over a month now, heavy artillery has been used against the civilian population of both cities.
On average more than 10 shells hit Qamishli daily, locals on the Syrian side of the border told an RT crew. Indiscriminate artillery fire destroyed many houses, mosques and other civilian infrastructure.
A local merchant,
Muhammad Hasso, told RT of his painful experience when a shell exploded right in front of his stand and a bus stop where three people were conversing.
“Three people sat here, and all of a sudden we heard the whistle of a shell, followed by an explosion,” Hasso said. “
Everything was destroyed by the explosion.
Civilians are affected. The projectile came from Turkey. It was a tank shell.”
A 36-year-old local woman,
Fatima Fattouche, was also severely injured by the shelling.
“I got out of a taxi and went to the bus stop, and then I heard the explosion. I touched myself and realized that I got a lot of shrapnel in me. Then I woke up in the hospital,” she told RT.
In
November 2015, Nusaybin, a town of 80,
000, mostly Kurds, was placed under curfew by the
Turkish government with military operations against the PKK fighters continuing in the district.
Over the border,
Arabs and Christians, which make up a significant minority in Qamishli, alongside a
Kurdish majority, were forced to flee neighborhoods that are geographically closest to the Turkish border as ongoing military operations pose a direct threat to their livelihood.
The military campaign against PKK fighters in Turkey began in mid-2015, after Ankara ended a two-year ceasefire agreement and revived an old conflict that has claimed more than 40,000 lives.
In breach of international laws, Ankara has also been targeting the Syrian Kurdish
Democratic Unity Party (
PYD), which it claims is linked to the PKK, as well as the
People’s Protection Units (
YPG) which fight
Islamic State (IS, formerly
ISIS/
ISIL) in Syria.
Since then, the operation has been condemned by
European leaders and human rights organizations.
Almost 20,000 people have signed a petition, launched by RT last month, that urges the UN to investigate claims of alleged mass killing of Kurdish civilians.
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ANKARA anti-Kurdis tindakan keras tumpah sempadan orang awam ke Syria (EKSKLUSIF
VIDEO)
Walaupun Ankara mendakwa tindakan keras tentera yg berterusan hanya mensasarkan pengganas, orang awam sering menjadi mangsa kepada serangan - dan bukan hanya di wilayah penduduk-Kurdis Turki, tetapi juga di seluruh sempadan di Syria di mana orang mengalami serangan rentas sempadan setiap hari.
Pihak berkuasa Turki telah mengharamkan wartawan & pertubuhan hak asasi manusia dpd membuat liputan operasi ketenteraan terhadap Parti (PKK) di daerah Nusaybin di wilayah Turki tenggara Mardin.
Satu-satunya cara utk mendapatkan gambaran tindakan ketenteraan yg berterusan adalah untuk melihat operasi yg dikenali sebagai anti-pengganas dari keselamatan relatif sebuah bandar Syria Qamishli, yg terletak hanya
200 meter dari kedudukan tentera Turki ini.
Tetapi wartawan di wilayah
Syria berada di bawah ancaman berterusan peluru sesat yg datang dari sebelah Turki. RT tlh mendapat rakaman eksklusif menunjukkan operasi ketenteraan Turki terhadap Kurdis dari wartawan tempatan.
Sekurang-kurangnya 2 orang termasuk seorang kanak2 telah terbunuh dalam Qamishli, menurut seorang wartawan RT di atas darat, sebagai hasil dpd tembakan meriam rentas sempadan, yg terus pd kadar biasa sejak awal bulan
Mac, apabila Ankara melancarkan serangan ke atas Nusaybin.
Selama lebih sebulan sekarang, meriam berat tlh digunakan terhadap orang awam kedua-dua bandar2.
lanjut
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- published: 19 Apr 2016
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