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Turkish troops, Kurdish fighters exchange heavy shelling in Syria’s Kobani
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BEIRUT, 17 August 2022, (TON): Turkish troops and US-backed Kurdish fighters exchanged heavy shellfire in the northern Syrian border town of Kobani, leaving one civilian dead as the conflict between the warring parties escalated.
According to residents and the semi-autonomous local administration governing the town “the artillery fire hit within the town and around its edges, starting overnight and intensifying throughout the day.”
The administration said “in an online statement that at least one child died due to the shelling and others were wounded.”
Ankara sees the semi-autonomous system spearheaded by Kurdish factions and governing swathes of northern and eastern Syria as a national security threat on its border.
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