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Airwars assessment
Up to seven civilians were killed and 49 named people were wounded in the reported Turkish bombing of Jindires in Afrin, according to local sources on the ground.
Airwars was initially alerted to the casualty incident by the Afrin Now Facebook page, which detailed the reported casualties and some injured.
On its Facebook page, the source publicly stated that “the Turkish army has stepped up its brutality towards our peaceful people in Afrin, using all kinds of weapons in indiscriminate bombardment of our villages and towns.
This brutal bombardment of the town of Jindires led to the destruction of civilian homes in addition to civilian casualties, including children and women.
The initial toll we have confirmed so far is the deaths of four civilians, including two children, with more than 10 wounded.”
Manbij Military Council published a statement and graphic photos by the SDF Media Office. It confirmed the civilian toll given by Afreen Now.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, also blaming Turkey, put the death toll at four including two children and two women – one of them reportedly an elderly woman.
The Facebook page ‘Al Bab and its suburbs’ published “pictures showing the effects of the Turkish bombardment with heavy weapons”.
According to the source RuMaf, “for the second day in a row, several villages and areas in Afrin were bombed targeting the headquarters of SDF forces in addition to indiscriminate targeting of residential areas, which resulted in a large number of civilian casualties among the dead and wounded”.
The incident occured at 00:00:00 local time.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Jindires, Afrin (جنديرس), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.391667, 36.693056. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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Fatima Bakr Bakr, 58, killed in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Afrin ANHA)
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Injured civilians are rescued in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Afreen now)
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Blood covers the streets in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Manbij military council)
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Injured civilians are rescued in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Manbij military council) -
Blood covers the streets in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Manbij military council)
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Blood covers the streets in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Manbij military council)
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Possibly the remnants of the airstrike which hit Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Manbij military council)
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Blood covers the streets in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Manbij military council)
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Injured civilians are rescued in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Manbij military council) -
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Injured civilians are rescued in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Manbij military council) -
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Injured civilians are rescued in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Manbij military council) -
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A woman receives medical treatment in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Afreen now) -
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An injured civilian in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Afreen now) -
The aftermath of an alleged alleged Turkish airstrike on Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Afreen now)
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The aftermath of an alleged alleged Turkish airstrike on Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Afreen now)
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The aftermath of an alleged alleged Turkish airstrike on Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Al bab and its suburbs facebook)
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The aftermath of an alleged alleged Turkish airstrike on Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Al bab and its suburbs facebook)
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The aftermath of an alleged alleged Turkish airstrike on Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Al bab and its suburbs facebook)
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The aftermath of an alleged alleged Turkish airstrike on Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Al bab and its suburbs facebook)
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The aftermath of an alleged alleged Turkish airstrike on Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Al bab and its suburbs facebook)
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The aftermath of an alleged alleged Turkish airstrike on Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Al bab and its suburbs facebook)
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The aftermath of an alleged alleged Turkish airstrike on Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Al bab and its suburbs facebook)
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The aftermath of an alleged alleged Turkish airstrike on Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Al bab and its suburbs facebook)
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The aftermath of an alleged alleged Turkish airstrike on Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Al bab and its suburbs facebook)
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Injured civilians are rescued in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Smart) -
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Injured civilians are rescued in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Smart) -
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Injured civilians are rescued in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Smart) -
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Injured civilians are rescued in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Jindires, Afrin, 23rd January 2018. (via Smart)