At least 13 people were killed and several wounded in two separate artillery attacks on the northern Syrian town of Afrin on Saturday, local medical sources said. Turkey’s Anadolu agency also put the number of those killed at 13 and said 27 were injured. A local Turkish official said sources at the hospital claimed the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia hit the building with a missile launcher, according to initial reports. The official said Turkish artillery were shelling rural positions near the city of Maarat al-Numan in response. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the US-backed militia force spearheaded by the Kurdish YPG, later said it was not responsible for the attack.

Source: The Irish Times June 12, 2021 19:18 UTC