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Turkish air raids hit Kobane, Syria: Kurdish forces


Saturday, 19 November, 2022 , 22:27

Beirut, Nov 19, 2022 (AFP) — Kurdish-led forces based in Syria accused Turkey of having carried out several air raids against the city of Kobane late Saturday.

The reported attacks come just days after Ankara blamed the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) for last Sunday's deadly bombing in central Istanbul.

"#Kobane, the city that defeated ISIS, is subjected to bombardment by the aircraft of the Turkish occupation," tweeted Farhad Shami, a spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

Turkey considers the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) -- the main component of the SDF -- an extension of the outlawed PKK.

The PKK has denied any involvement in the Istanbul attack, in which six people were killed.

Kobane, a Kurdish-majority town in Syria near the Turkish border was captured by the self-styled Islamic State group in late 2014, before Kurdish fighters drove them out early the following year.