Airwars assessment
Two people were killed and three others were injured in alleged Turkish drone strikes on Kobani on a vehicle on October 20, 2021. Sources were conflicted as to whether the people killed were civilians or militants while the three injured were reported to be civilians.
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that a Turkish drone struck a car of civilians in Kobani, killing one of the “cadres” and his driver, in addition to injuring others, with one of them in serious condition.
Hawar News Agency reported that three civilians were injured in the drone strikes, which occurred at 15:30, and the injured were taken to Kobani hospitals for treatment. They provided the names of those injured: “the child Ali Shukri Lutfi Muhammad, aged 16, Bakr Jarada, the 49-year-old co-chair of the Justice Commission in the Euphrates region, and Ali Rashad Mistou, 19.”
Local sources told BasNews that the vehicle that was targeted by the Turkish drone was a “civilian car carrying a Kurdistan Workers’ Party official near the Amal Hospital in Kobani, which resulted in deaths and injuries”. However, they did not specify whether those killed or injured were civilians, adding that “these sources did not reveal the identify of the official or the number of dead and wounded”.
Aramme News identified the two people killed as being leaders of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and that the SDF imposed a security cordon on the scene following the incident. However, the correspondent for Ahdath Alyoum News reported that two administrative workers were killed alongside Bakr Jarada, who was injured.
Images listed by BasNews and Hawar News Agency show at least two different vehicles that sustained damage in the drone strikes.
All of the sources that reported on the incident pointed to Turkish drones as being responsible.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
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Damage to cars from drone strikes on Kobani on October 20, 2021. (Image posted by Hawar News Agency)
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One of the victims of alleged Turkish drone strikes on Kobani on October 20, 2021. (Image posted by Hawar News Agency)
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One of the victims of alleged Turkish drone strikes on Kobani on October 20, 2021. (Image posted by Hawar News Agency)
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One of the victims of alleged Turkish drone strikes on Kobani on October 20, 2021. (Image posted by Hawar News Agency)
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Damage to cars from drone strikes on Kobani on October 20, 2021. (Image posted by Hawar News Agency)
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Damage to cars from drone strikes on Kobani on October 20, 2021. (Image posted by Hawar News Agency)
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Damage to cars from drone strikes on Kobani on October 20, 2021. (Image posted by Hawar News Agency)
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One of the cars damaged in drone strikes on Kobani on October 20, 2021. (Image posted by Hawar News Agency)
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One of the cars damaged in drone strikes on Kobani on October 20, 2021. (Image posted by Hawar News Agency)
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Two of the cars damaged in drone strikes on Kobani on October 20, 2021. (Image posted by Hawar News Agency)