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Kurdish civilians were summarily executed by Turkish forces on the M4 highway in north east Syria, according to local media.
Video shared by @zana_med on twitter shows Turkey-backed militants near bodies of two civilians that they executed earlier on the M4 highway in Hassakah governroate. The date of the summary execution is not known but possibly between 10 and 13 October 2019.
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The local time of the incident is unknown.
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Reports of the incident mention the incident took place on the M4 highway between the cities of Manbij (منبج) and Kobani (عين العرب / كوباني) for which the generic coordinates are: 36.6304613, 38.2997323. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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