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Incident Code

TS193

Incident date

February 13, 2018

Location

قوطا شرقية,بلبل , Qota Sharqiya, Bulbul district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.711111, 36.801944 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

According to two sources, some civilians were injured followed an alleged Turkish shelling on Qota Sharqiya, Bulbul district.

The Kurdish Red Crescent reported three civilians were injured followed an alleged Turkish shelling of Qota Sharqiya, Afrin.

The Smart News Agency also reported three wounded civilians but cited the Kurdish Red Crescent report.

One of the child victims was later named at age of two, injured in his forehead.

Please note that some of the images are also reported in TS192, Heikja, Afrin. We are unable to identify which incident they belong too. 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Abdo Shieko
2 years old male injury to the forehead injured
Khalil Ahmad
80 years old foot injury injured
Zeinab Ahmad
70 years old foot injury injured

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    0
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (3) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (3) [ collapse]

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    An injured civilian in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Sa'arnajka, Sharan district, Afrin, 13th February 2018. (via The Kurdish Red Crescent)

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    An injured civilian in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Sa'arnajka, Sharan district, Afrin, 13th February 2018. (via The Kurdish Red Crescent)
  • An injured civilian in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Sa'arnajka, Sharan district, Afrin, 13th February 2018. (via The Kurdish Red Crescent)

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Qota Sharqiya, Bulbul district, Afrin (قوطا شرقية,بلبل ), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.711111, 36.801944. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Turkish Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Turkish Military
  • Turkish Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    0
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (3) [ collapse]

Incident Code

TS194

Incident date

February 13, 2018

Location

بعدينو٫شيخ بلو٫ راجو , Ba'adino, Sheikh Billo, Rajo district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.620000, 36.690833 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

At least two civilians were wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of Sheikh Billo in Afrin’s Rajo district.

The Kurdish Red Crescent reported two injured in an intensive shelling by allegedly the Turk on Sheikh Billo in Afrin’s Rajo district.

A private report from KRC reported the names and type of injury of the two adult males.

Please note, some of the images from TS193 are also reported for this incident. We are unable to determine which incident they belong to.

No further details are currently available.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Haitham Mustafa Ali
31 years old male shrapnel wound injured
Mohammed Aref Hannan
55 years old male head injury injured

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    0
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (2) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (3) [ collapse]

  • An injured civilian in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Sa'arnajka, Sharan district, Afrin, 13th February 2018. (via The Kurdish Red Crescent)

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    An injured civilian in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Sa'arnajka, Sharan district, Afrin, 13th February 2018. (via The Kurdish Red Crescent)

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    An injured civilian in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Sa'arnajka, Sharan district, Afrin, 13th February 2018. (via The Kurdish Red Crescent)

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Ba’adino, Sheikh Billo, Rajo district, Afrin (بعدينو٫شيخ بلو٫ راجو ), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.620000, 36.690833. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Turkish Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Turkish Military
  • Turkish Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    0
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (2) [ collapse]

Incident Code

TS195

Incident date

February 13, 2018

Location

سعرنجكة٫شران , Sa'arnajka, Sharan district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.6205222, 36.9417858 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Subdistrict level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Two civilians were wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of Sa’arnajka, according to the Kurdish Red Crescent.

The Smart News Agency also reported two wounded civilians but cited the Kurdish Red Crescent report.

Please note, some of the images from TS193 and TS194 are also reported for this incident. We are unable to determine which incident they belong to.

There are no other details at this time.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    0
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (2) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (3) [ collapse]

  • An injured civilian in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Sa'arnajka, Sharan district, Afrin, 13th February 2018. (via The Kurdish Red Crescent)

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    An injured civilian in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Sa'arnajka, Sharan district, Afrin, 13th February 2018. (via The Kurdish Red Crescent)

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    An injured civilian in the aftermath of an alleged Turkish airstrike on Sa'arnajka, Sharan district, Afrin, 13th February 2018. (via The Kurdish Red Crescent)

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the subdistrict of Sa’arnajka, Sharan district, Afrin (سعرنجكة٫شران ), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.6205222, 36.9417858. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Turkish Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Turkish Military
  • Turkish Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    0
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (2) [ collapse]

Incident Code

TS196

Incident date

February 13, 2018

Location

قرية بيكه، عفرين, Shara, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.6175, 36.936944 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

One man has been killed, and two have wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of Shara.

The Kurdish Red Crescent identified the victims by names and ages.

The weapon used has not been reported.

No additional details are presently known.

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Adnan Ibrahim
50 years old male via the Kurdish Red Crescent killed
Ali Ju’ma Qasim
58 years old male via the Kurdish Red Crescent injured
Abdullah Mohammed Ma’mo
55 years old male via the Kurdish Red Crescent injured

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (1) [ collapse]

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the town of Shara, Aleppo (قرية بيكه، عفرين), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.6175, 36.936944. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Turkish Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Turkish Military
  • Turkish Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (1) [ collapse]

Incident Code

TS191

Incident date

February 13, 2018

Location

عفرين, city of Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.511389, 36.864167 Note: The accuracy of this location is to City level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Up to five civilians including one woman died and as many as ten others were wounded, including children, followed an alleged Turkish shelling of the city of Afrin, according to local media.

Reports said that the Turkish army carried out heavy artillery shelling on Tuesday evening February 13, 2018, targeting both the neighbourhoods of Ashrafieh and Trondi within the city of Afrin. The source Free Afrin also published pictures depicting damage left by the Turkish occupation army shells on the Afrin hospital square in Afrin. Other sources also reported artillery and rocket shelling in the vicinity of the hospital.

One victim was named by multiple sources as 35-year-old. Reports said that he was a taxi driver and that he was killed when his vehicle was hit. The civilian sitting next to him was reportedly wounded. Sources published images showing the damage to the car.

Meanwhile, Rojava reported the death of a woman and showed her husband mourning her body.

According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, the victims of the Turkish shelling were young people, some of whom died, others had shrapnel in their bodies, and others escaped. In addition to naming Radwan Omar Hussein as killed, the source said that 31-year-old and (a media activist/journalist) were injured.

Hodnnat citing Reuters reported, dozens of civilians were killed when the Turkish army shelled the outskirts of Afrin Hospital. This report, however, was the only one which put the death toll in double figures – and Airwars has not found the original Reuters report.

Other sources published graphic images of casualties, including children. Saleh Muslim said that a girl named Ruha was wounded and published a picture of blood covering her face.

Pleas note, some of these images are the same as those in the next incident TS192 on Heikja, Afrin. Airwars is unable to identify which images belong to which incident. 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Radwan Omar Hussein
35 years old male via Kurdish red crescent killed
Houriya Abd Hajras
45 years old female via RuMaf killed
Fahima Hamada al Hamada
45 years old female via RuMaf killed
Luqman Bakr
31 years old male via Kurdish red crescent injured
Haitham Mohammed Kzou
Adult male via Kurdish red crescent injured
Shukri Mohammed Mohammed
50 years old male Via Afrin now injured
Raha Mohammed
Child female Via Afrin now injured
Ruha
Age unknown female via @SalihMaslem injured

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 5
  • (1 woman2–3 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    6–10
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (32) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (28) [ collapse]

  • A picture shows the car that targeted by the alleged Turkish shelling in Afrin on 13 February 2018. As a result, the driver was killed and the passenger wounded (source: ‏@maadsalum99)

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    An image shows blood in the targeted car in which resulted in killing one civilian and wounded another following an alleged Turkish shelling on 13 February 2018 (source: ara yekiti media)

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    A video shows the moment of the alleged Turkish shelling on the hospital of the city of Afrin on 13 February 2018 (via pyd rojava‏)

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    An image shows Haitham Mohammed Kzou, wounded followed an alleged Turkish shelling on the city of Afrin on 13 February 2018 (via @jwanmoustafa5)
  • An image shows the landed shelling on the ground near the hospital of Afrin on 13 February 2018 (via Kurdish red crescent)

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    A picture shows another man (Luqman Bakr), injured following the Turkish shelling near Afrin hospital on 13 February 2018 (via Kurdish red crescent).

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    An image shows the victim Radwan Omar Hussein, killed fowled an alleged Turkish shelling on Afrin on 13 February 2018 (via Kurdish red crescent).

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    A video displays a new victim, killed followed an alleged Turkish shelling on Afrin on 13 February 2018 (via Kurdish red crescent).

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    An image shows a wounded being treated by a doctor in the medical centre followed an alleged Turkish shelling in Afrin on 13 February 2018 (source: Kurdish red crescent).

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    An image shows a wounded being treated in the medical centre followed an alleged Turkish shelling in Afrin on 13 February 2018 (via Kurdish red crescent).

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    An image shows a wounded being treated by a doctor in the medical centre followed an alleged Turkish shelling in Afrin (source: Kurdish red crescent).
  • A picture shows the aftermath of the alleged Turkish shelling in Afrin on 13 February 2018 (source: Kurdish red crescent).
  • A picture shows Radwan Omar Hussein, killed followed an alleged Turkish shelling in Afrin on 13 February 2018 (via The war media centre for the SDF facebook)

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    A picture shows another man (Luqman Bakr), injured following the Turkish shelling near Afrin hospital on 13 February 2018 (via The war media centre for the SDF facebook).

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    A picture shows Raha Mohammed, injured followed an alleged Turkish shelling on Afrin on 13 February 2018 (via Rumaf facebook)

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    A picture shows Raha Mohammed being treated at the medical centre followed an alleged Turkish shelling on Afrin (source: Rumaf facebook)

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    A picture shows Shukri Mohammed Mohammed, injured followed an alleged Turkish shelling on Afrin on 13 February 2018 (via Rumaf facebook)

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    A picture shows a man in the medical centre, injured followed an alleged Turkish shelling on Afrin on 13 February 2018 (via RuMaf)

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    An image shows a man in the medical centre, injured followed an alleged Turkish shelling on Afrin on 13 February 2018 (via RuMaf)

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    A picture shows a woman, injured followed an alleged Turkish shelling on Afrin on 13 February 2018 (via RuMaf)
  • A picture shows the moment of the landing the shelling on Afrin on 13 February 2018 (via Cahîda Dêrsim @dersi4m)

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    A picture shows Raha Mohammed being treated at the medical centre followed an alleged Turkish shelling on Afrin on 13 February 2018 (via Nuce news facebook)

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    A picture shows a woman, killed followed an alleged Turkish shelling on Afrin on 13 February 2018 (via Nuce news facebook)

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    A picture shows a man, injured on his head followed an alleged Turkish shelling on Afrin on 13 February 2018 (via Nuce news facebook)

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    A picture shows a man, killed followed an alleged Turkish shelling on Afrin on 13 February 2018 (via Turkey untold)

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    An image shows a man, killed followed an alleged Turkish shelling on Afrin on 13 February 2018 (via Turkey untold)
  • A picture shows Raha Mohammed being treated at the medical centre followed an alleged Turkish shelling on Afrin on 13 February 2018 (via SH_OQ3)
  • A civilian man whose relatives reportedly were among the victims of the Turkish shelling og Afrin on 13 February 2018 (via Mutlu Civiroglu)

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the city of city of Afrin (عفرين), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.511389, 36.864167. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Turkish Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Turkish Military
  • Turkish Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 5
  • (1 woman2–3 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    6–10
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (32) [ collapse]

Incident Code

TS187

Incident date

February 12, 2018

Location

معبطلي, Ma'abatli village, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.562634, 36.74562 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Six civilians were wounded in an alleged “Turkish bombardment of an olive oil factory”, according to Afrin Now. The victims were named by Afrin Now, Afrin Media Centre and Basnews.

According to PYD news, “the Turkish army bombed a factory for the olive industry in Moubata, ‘Maabtli’, which led to the injury of five workers in the factory, mostly displaced to Afrin.”

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Mohammed Ahmed Jassem
20 years old male displaced from Abu Kamal injured
Hussein Mohammed Alo
32 years old male from Dumliya Village injured
Damhat Rashid Ali
21 years old from Dumliya Village injured
Jalal Ibrahim Sido
24 years old from the village of Abdana injured
Mohammed Ahmed Bahri
47 years old male from Sheikh Khutka injured
Muhammad Salloum Sharmuk
23 years old male Kafr Nasseh, Shrapnel in Mobata injured

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    0
  • Civilians reported injured
    6
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (6) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (5) [ collapse]

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    Footage of the wounded being treated in a medical facility in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrike on Ma'abatli village, Afrin, 12th February 2018. (via Afrin Now)
  • Wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrike on Ma'abatli village, Afrin, 12th February 2018. (via IC Afrinresistance)
  • Wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrike on Ma'abatli village, Afrin, 12th February 2018. (via IC Afrinresistance)
  • Wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrike on Ma'abatli village, Afrin, 12th February 2018. (via IC Afrinresistance)
  • Wounded civilian in the aftermath of the alleged Turkish airstrike on Ma'abatli village, Afrin, 12th February 2018. (via IC Afrinresistance)

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Ma’abatli village, Afrin (معبطلي), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.562634, 36.74562. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Turkish Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Turkish Military
  • Turkish Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    0
  • Civilians reported injured
    6
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (6) [ collapse]

Incident Code

TS188

Incident date

February 12, 2018

Location

بلبلة, Bulbul, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.770899, 36.818318 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

In a private report to Airwars, the Kurdish Red Crescent named the following one civilian as wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of Bulbul:

‘Bashar Youssef, 27, various shrapnel wounds and a head injury’.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    0
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (1) [ collapse]

    • English
    • English

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the town of Bulbul, Afrin (بلبلة), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.770899, 36.818318. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Turkish Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Turkish Military
  • Turkish Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    0
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (1) [ collapse]

    • English
    • English

Incident Code

TS189

Incident date

February 12, 2018

Location

هيكجة, Heikja, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.5232944, 36.6012955 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Subdistrict level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Afrin Now reported the injury of one civilian, “Hussein Suleiman, 37 years old, from the village of Heikja, Shih district” in an alleged Turkish shelling near his home in Heikja village.

There are no other details at this time.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Hussein Suleiman
37 years old male injured

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    0
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (1) [ collapse]

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the subdistrict of Heikja, Afrin (هيكجة), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.5232944, 36.6012955. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Turkish Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Turkish Military
  • Turkish Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    0
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (1) [ collapse]