Conflict

Turkish Military in Iraq & Syria

Incident Code

TS759

Location

Ayn al-Arab District, Aleppo, Syria
نطقة عين العرب

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36.685274, 38.301000
Accuracy: District

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: November 7, 2025

On the evening of Sunday, December 22, 2024, a woman, Sawsan Khalaf (35), and her teenage daughter, Naseem Khalaf (12), were killed in an alleged Turkish artillery strike on their house located in the village of Jaada in the southern countryside of Kobani in northern Syria.

Hawar News Agency reported: “The village of Jaada in the southern countryside of the city of Kobani was subjected to shelling by the Turkish occupation, which led to the martyrdom of a woman and her daughter (12 years old) in the artillery shelling.” The outlet confirmed their identities through hospital records: “The martyrs are the mother, Sawsan Khalaf (35 years old), and her daughter, Naseem Khalaf (12 years old).”

Kobani.tv echoed the same details, stating that the artillery shelling “targeted the house where the two victims were living,” quoting a relative, Muhammad Ibrahim, who had been interviewed by Radio Arta. North Press Agency (NPA) cited a medical source, reporting that both victims had arrived at Al-Amal Hospital already deceased due to “severe injuries from shrapnel from a mortar shell.”

The Kobani Facebook page showed a video of the victims. The video began in a small, sterile room with white walls and tiled flooring, likely a hospital or medical facility. The first scene focused on a bed positioned beneath a window. Lying on it was the body of a woman, covered in a red and beige striped blanket. Her head and feet were partially visible, with the rest of her body wrapped in the blanket. The room was sparsely furnished, with a radiator under the window, a fan on the wall, and a table with a white cloth to the side.

After several seconds, the camera slowly panned to the adjacent bed, where a second victim lay. This individual was fully covered with a plain grey blanket. Only a portion of their hair was visible, revealing that the victim was a child. The two bodies had been placed side by side, on separate metal-framed beds with simple striped mattresses. A media watermark was visible at the center of the video.

NPA.news shared a picture of the house allegedly hit by the reported attack. The image showed a concrete building situated in a rural area. The structure was light grey in color, with a simple rectangular shape and a flat roof. It had an arched doorway and several small rectangular windows, some of which appeared dark or partially covered. Part of the building, particularly on the right side, showed visible signs of damage, including a large hole in the wall and debris scattered on the ground nearby.

When belligerents were identified, the sources consistently attributed responsibility for the attack to the Turkish military and its allied “factions.”

Victims

Family members (2)

Sawsan Khalaf سوسن خلف
35 years old female killed
Naseem Khalaf نسيم خلف
12 years old female daughter of Sawsan killed

Key Information

Geolocation Notes

Reports of the incident mention the district of Ayn al-Arab (نطقة عين العرب), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.685274, 38.301000. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

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22 Dec 2024

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Woman and her child killed in Turkish shelling of a village in Kobani A woman and her child were killed in artillery shelling by the Turkish occupation and its mercenaries on the village of Ja'da in the Kobani countryside, in the North and East Syria region. Sunday, December 22, 2024 5:52 PM The village of Ja'da in the southern Kobani countryside was shelled by the Turkish occupation, resulting in the death of a woman and her 12-year-old daughter. According to hospital records, the victims are the mother, Sawsan Khalaf (35 years old), and her daughter, Nasim Khalaf (12 years old). (F) ANHA × Woman and her child killed in Turkish shelling of a village in Kobani The village of Ja'da in the southern Kobani countryside was shelled by the Turkish occupation, resulting in the death of a woman and her 12-year-old daughter. The martyrs, according to hospital records, are the mother, Sawsan Khalaf (35 years old), and her daughter, Nasim Khalaf (12 years old). (F) ANHA Tags:

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استشهاد امرأة وطفلتها في قصف للاحتلال التركي على قرية في كوباني استشهدت امرأة وطفلتها في قصف مدفعي للاحتلال التركي ومرتزقته على قرية جعدة في ريف مدينة كوباني، بإقليم شمال وشرق سوريا. الأحد 22 كانون الأول, 2024   17:52 تعرضت قرية جعدة في ريف مدينة كوباني الجنوبي، للقصف من قبل الاحتلال التركي، ما أدى إلى استشهاد امرأة وطفلتها (12 عاماً)، في القصف المدفعي. والشهداء نقلاً عن سجلات المشفى، هم الأم سوسن خلف (35 عاماً)، وابنتها نسيم خلف (12 عام). (ف) ANHA  × استشهاد امرأة وطفلتها في قصف للاحتلال التركي على قرية في كوباني تعرضت قرية جعدة في ريف مدينة كوباني الجنوبي، للقصف من قبل الاحتلال التركي، ما أدى إلى استشهاد امرأة وطفلتها (12 عاماً)، في القصف المدفعي. والشهداء نقلاً عن سجلات المشفى، هم الأم سوسن خلف (35 عاماً)، وابنتها نسيم خلف (12 عام). (ف) ANHA  العلامات:
Kobani tv
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Kobani tv

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#Urgent | A woman and her child killed in artillery shelling by Turkish-backed factions in the Kobani countryside Victims of the shelling: • Sawsan Khalaf (35 years old) and her daughter, Nasim Khalaf (12 years old), were killed when their home in the village of Ja'da, north of the Qaraquzaq Bridge, in the Kobani countryside, was targeted. A relative's testimony: • Muhammad Ibrahim, a relative of the victims, told Arta Radio: “The artillery shelling targeted the house where the two victims were staying, resulting in their deaths.” #Kobani #QaraquzaqBridge #Syria #Turkey #Shelling

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#عاجل | استشهاد امرأة وطفلتها بقصف مدفعي للفصائل المدعومة من تركيا على ريف كوباني ضحايا القصف: • سوسن خلف (35 عامًا) وابنتها نسيم خلف (12 عامًا) استشهدتا نتيجة استهداف منزلهم في قرية جعدة شمالي جسر قرقوزاق، ريف كوباني. شهادة أحد الأقارب: • محمد إبراهيم، قريب الضحيتين، قال لراديو آرتا: “القصف المدفعي استهدف المنزل الذي كانت تقيم فيه الضحيتان، ما أدى إلى استشهادهما.” #كوباني #جسر_قرقوزاق #سوريا #تركيا #قصف
Kobani Delbrin Reserve
22 Dec 2024

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كوباني دلبرين الأحتياطية

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God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs. A child and her mother were martyred in a bombing by the Turkish occupation and its mercenaries, including Abu Amsha, on the village of Ja'da in the Kobani countryside. May God have mercy on them. Ronahi TV - LEZGIN • Turkish occupation forces bombed the village of Ja'da in the Kobani countryside. • A child and her mother were martyred in a bombing by the Turkish occupation and its mercenaries, including Abu Amsha. • A child and her mother were martyred in a bombing by the Turkish occupation forces ...

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حسبى الله ونعم الوكيل استشهاد طفلة ووالدته بقصف الاحـ ـتـ ـلال التركي ومرتزقته أبو عمشة على قرية جعدة بريف كوباني الله يرحمهم Ronahi TV - LEZGIN • Dagrikeriya Tirkiyê gundê Cadê yê başûrê Kobanê topbaran kir • Di encamê de zarokeke 12 salî û dayîka wê şehîd bûn

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Rojava News Agency
22 Dec 2024

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وكالة روجآفا للأنباء

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#Urgent A 12-year-old girl and her mother were martyred in a Turkish occupation bombing of the village of Ja'da in the Kobani countryside.

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#عاجل استشـ ـهاد طـ ـفلة تبلغ من العمر 12 عاماً ووالدتها بقصـ ـف الاحتلال التركي على قرية جعدة بريف كوباني..
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#Urgent A woman and her child were killed in a Turkish occupation shelling of a village in Kobani. A woman and her child were killed in artillery shelling by the Turkish occupation and its mercenaries on the village of Ja'da in the countryside of Kobani, in the region of North and East Syria.

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#عاجل استـ.ـشهاد امرأة وطفلتها في قصف للاحتـ.ـلال الـ.ـتركي على قرية في كوباني استشهدت امرأة وطفلتها في قصـ.ـف مـ.ـدفعي للاحـ.ـتلال الترـ.ـكي ومـ.ـرتزقته على قرية جعدة في ريف مدينة كوباني، بإقليم شمال وشرق سوريا.
Qamishli now
22 Dec 2024

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The Turkish occupation targeted the village of Ja'ada, south of Kobani, with heavy artillery this evening, killing two civilians: a woman and her mother. The names of the child and her mother who were killed in the brutal shelling by the Turkish occupation state are: Mother: Sawsan Khalil, 35 years old Child: Nasim Khalil, 12 years old

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#استهدف الاحتلال التركي مساء اليوم قرية جعدة جنوبي مدينة كوباني بالمدفعية الثقيلة حيث استشهد مدنيان هما امرأة ووالدتها أسماء الطفلة ووالدتها اللتان استشهدتا في القصف الوحشي لدولة الاحتلال التركي الأم: سوسن خليل ٣٥ عاماً الطفلة: نسيم خليل ١٢ عاماً
Syrian Observatory
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المرصد السوري

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Three civilians were killed and four others, including two children, were injured in various parts of Syria by landmines and unexploded ordnance left over from the war. Specifically: A young man in his twenties was killed by a landmine explosion in the Damascus countryside. He was from the town of Manbij, near Maskana, in the eastern Aleppo countryside. The body of a young man who had been missing for a week was found. He had died from a landmine explosion in the Kafruma forest in the Idlib countryside. Two children sustained injuries when an unexploded ordnance detonated in the Tab al-Joura neighborhood of Deir ez-Zor city. A young man was killed and two others were injured in the town of al-Arida in the eastern Hama countryside by a landmine explosion. The number of civilians killed by explosions of unexploded ordnance after the fall of the regime in various Syrian governorates reached 60: 45 men, 10 children, and 5 women. An additional 53 civilians were injured, including 28 children and 4 women. These deaths were distributed across the following governorates: Areas under the control of the Syrian National Army: - Hama: 14 civilians killed, including 4 women. - Deir ez-Zor: 11 civilians killed, including one woman. - Idlib: 7 civilians killed, including 3 children. - Aleppo and its countryside: 3 civilians killed, including one child. - Latakia: 3 civilians killed. - Daraa: 4 children killed. - Homs and its countryside: 8 men killed. Areas under the control of the Syrian National Army: - Manbij and its countryside: 3 men and 2 children killed. - Tal Rifaat: 1 young man killed. - In the Bashmra area of northern Aleppo countryside, one civilian was killed. Ten others were wounded: three in Bza'a, six in the village of Jub Makhzoum, and one in the Bashmra area of northern Aleppo countryside. - In Tadif, three civilians were wounded. SDF-controlled areas: - Southern Manbij (one civilian). - Deir ez-Zor: one child was killed. Operation Peace Spring areas: - Raqqa – Tell Abyad (one civilian).

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استشهد 3 مدنيين وأصيب 4 آخرين بينهم طفلان بجروح متفاوتة في مناطق سورية متفرقة إثر انفجار ألغام وذخائر غير متفجرة من مخلفات الحرب، وفي التفاصيل: استشهد شاب في العقد الثاني من العمر إثر انفجار لغم من مخلفات الحرب بريف دمشق، وينحدر الشاب من مدينة منبج ناحية مسكنة، بريف حلب الشرقي. كما عثر على جثة شاب فقد قبل أسبوع، فارق الحياة إثر انفجار لغم من مخلفات الحرب في حرش كفرومة في ريف إدلب. وأصيب طفلان بجروح متفاوتة إثر انفجار جسم من مخلفات الحرب في حي طب الجورة بمدينة دير الزور. واستشهد شاب وأصيب اثنين آخران في بلدة – العريضة في ريف حماة الشرقي، جراء إنفجار لغم أرضي من مخلفات الحرب. وبلغ عدد المدنيين الذين استشهدوا نتيجة انفجار أجسام من مخلفات الحرب بعد سقوط النظام في محافظات سورية مختلفة 60 مدنياً هم : 45 رجال، 10 طفل، و 5 نساء، وإصابة 53 آخرين بجروح بينهم 28 أطفال و 4 سيدات، وتوزعت على المحافظات التالية: مناطق الحكومة الانتقالية: -حماة استشهد (14 مدنيا بينهم 4 نساء). -دير الزور استشهد ( 11 مدنيا بينهم امرأة). -إدلب استشهد (7 بينهم 3 أطفال). -حلب وريفها استشهد (3 بينهم، 1طفل ). -اللاذقية استشهد ( 3 مدنيين). -درعا استشهد (4 أطفال). -حمص وريفها ( 8 رجال). مناطق سيطرة “الجيش الوطني”: -منبج وريفها ( 3 رجل – 2 طفلان ) -مدينة تل رفعت استشهد -1 شاب. -منطقة باشمرا بريف حلب الشمالي استشهد مواطن وأصيب 10 هم: 3 آخرين بجروح في “بزاعة”، و6 في قرية جب مخزوم، و1 في منطقة باشمرا بريف حلب الشمالي. -في تادف أصيب 3 مواطنين. مناطق سيطرة قسد: -منبج الجنوبي ( 1 مدني). -دير الزور استشهاد طفل. مناطق “نبع السلام”: -الرقة – تل أبيض- (1 مدني).
oil news
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Woman and her daughter killed in Turkish shelling of a village in Kobani December 22, 2024 - 6:24 PM News Center A woman and her daughter were killed in artillery shelling by the Turkish occupation forces and their mercenaries on the village of Ja'ada in the Kobani countryside, in the North and East Syria region. The village of Ja'ada, in the southern Kobani countryside, was shelled by the Turkish occupation forces, resulting in the deaths of a woman and her 12-year-old daughter, according to Hawar News Agency. The victims, according to hospital records, are the mother, Sawsan Khalaf (35 years old), and her daughter, Nasim Khalaf (12 years old).

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استشهاد امرأة وطفلتها في قصف للاحتلال التركي على قرية في كوباني في 22/12/2024 - 18:24 مركز الأخبار استشهدت امرأة وطفلتها في قصف مدفعي للاحتلال التركي ومرتزقته على قرية جعدة في ريف مدينة كوباني، بإقليم شمال وشرق سوريا. تعرضت قرية جعدة في ريف مدينة كوباني الجنوبي، للقصف من قبل الاحتلال التركي، ما أدى إلى استشهاد امرأة وطفلتها (12 عاماً)، في القصف المدفعي وفق ما أفادت به وكالة أنباء هاوار. والشهداء نقلاً عن سجلات المشفى، هم الأم سوسن خلف (35 عاماً)، وابنتها نسيم خلف (12 عام).
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Shelling Kills Mother and Child in Kobani Aftermath of Turkish-backed factions' shelling of a house in the village of Ja'da, Kobani countryside - circulating online Fattah Issa – Kobani A mother and her child were killed on Sunday when Turkish-backed factions shelled their home in the village of Ja'da, in the western Kobani countryside, northern Syria. Turkey and its allied factions frequently launch military attacks, artillery bombardments, and drone strikes on various areas in northern Syria, resulting in dozens of casualties and injuries. A medical source told North Press that Sawsan Khalaf (35 years old) and her daughter, Nasim Khalaf (12 years old), died from severe injuries sustained from shrapnel from a mortar shell. The source explained that the two arrived at Al-Amal Hospital in Kobani already deceased. Prepared by: Fattah Issa – Edited by: Saad Al-Yazji

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قصف يودي بحياة أم وطفلتها في كوباني آثار قصف فصائل موالية لتركيا على أحد المنازل بقرية جعدة بريف كوباني - متداول فتاح عيسى – كوباني أودى قصف فصائل موالية لتركيا، الأحد، بحياة أم وطفلتها بعد استهداف منزلهنّ الواقع في قرية جعدة بريف كوباني الغربي، شمالي سوريا. وتشن تركيا والفصائل الموالية لها بشكل متكرر هجماتٍ عسكرية وقصفاً مدفعياً وبالمسيرات على مناطق عدة في شمالي سوريا تسبب بوقوع عشرات الضحايا والمصابين. وأفاد مصدر طبي لنورث برس، أن سوسن خلف (35 عاماً) وطفلتها نسيم خلف (12 عاماً)، فقدتا حياتهما جراء إصابتهما البليغة بشظايا قذيفة هاون. وأوضح أن المصابتين وصلتا إلى مشفى الأمل في مدينة كوباني وهما متوفيتان. إعداد: فتاح عيسى – تحرير: سعد اليازجي
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A woman and her child were killed in an artillery bombardment by the Turkish occupation forces and their mercenaries on the village of Ja'ada in the countryside of Kobani, in the region of North and East Syria. The village of Ja'ada, in the southern countryside of Kobani, was shelled by the Turkish occupation forces, resulting in the deaths of a woman and her 12-year-old daughter. According to hospital records, the victims were the mother, Sawsan Khalaf (35 years old), and her daughter, Nasim Khalaf (12 years old).

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استشهدت امرأة وطفلتها في قصف مدفعي للاحتلال التركي ومرتزقته على قرية جعدة في ريف مدينة كوباني، بإقليم شمال وشرق سوريا. تعرضت قرية جعدة في ريف مدينة كوباني الجنوبي، للقصف من قبل الاحتلال التركي، ما أدى إلى استشهاد امرأة وطفلتها (12 عاماً)، في القصف المدفعي. والشهداء نقلاً عن سجلات المشفى، هم الأم سوسن خلف (35 عاماً)، وابنتها نسيم خلف (12 عام).

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