Airwars assessment
At least one civilian was wounded by a mortar strike suspected to have been carried out by the Turkish armed forces on the village of Um al-Kaif in the Tal Tamr countryside on August 9, 2023.
Hawar News reported that Daham Ahmed Muhammad, aged 26, was wounded by shrapnel and taken to Martyr Likrin Hospital to receive treatment. An image shared by Hawar News shows him in hospital with a large medical dressing to the lower left of his back.
NPA reported that six mortar shells struck the village of Um al-Kaif, resulting in the injury of two people.
All of the sources that reported on the incident attributed the shelling to Turkish forces.
The incident occured in the morning.
The victims were named as:
Daham Ahmed Muhammad دحام أحمد محمد
26 years old
male
injured
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Daham Ahmed Muhammad, injured by alleged Turkish shelling on August 6, 2023. (Image posted by Hawar News)