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Up to three civilians have been killed and five injured, including a women and children, due to multiple alleged missile strike by the YPG forces on the Kuwait al- Rahma camp for internally displaced people, Afrin, Aleppo on July 24, 2022.
Multiple sources named the civilian Hassan Shaban Madino, a young man who was displaced from Anjara as being killed in the strike. @zenayosf put the civilian casualties as high as three, tweeting photos of two men killed in the strike and a search for the third.
Zaman Al Wasl reported as many as five civilians injured in the strike, while @adhman-syria1 tweeted that children had been amongst the civilians injured. Multiple sources corroborated that one women was amongst those injured by the strike.
@hamza_hindawie tweeted a video showing a child being rescued from under a damaged structure. Multiple sources corroborated that the number of civilian casualties may rise as there were still people trapped under rubble.
The strike reportedly took place at 10:30 am according to Radio al Kul. It was one of several missiles which had hit the village of “Jurh Kalbayn” and the Kuwait al-Rahma camp, both in the northern countryside of Aleppo reported by Zaman al Wasl news.
SNHR reported that three residential buildings were completely destroyed and two were partially damaged. Multiple sources shared pictures of the destroyed buildings.
Zaiton Mag called the attack a “serious war crime”, with SCD adding that the international community is silent about these terrorist attacks on defenceless civilians.
Multiple sources claimed this was an attack from the SDF. KKS-SY news however reported it to be a PYD-PKK militia attack aimed to destabilise security. The SCD also mentioned that the missiles came from an area “controlled by the regime forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces”.
The SDF Press condemned the actions and denied involvement reporting that the accusations were “unproven non- investigation based”, instead claiming that the attack is part of a Turkish offensive.
The incident occured at approximately 10:30 am local time.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes (3) [ collapse]
Reports of the incident mention the strike in the Kuwait Al Rahma camp (مخيم كويت الرحمة) in Afrin. Analysing audio-visual material from sources we have narrowed down the location to these exact coordinates: 36.481444, 36.906889.
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Destruction left by the alleged YPG shelling of Kuwait Al Rahma camp on July 24, 2022. (Image posted by Macro Media Center)
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Destruction left by the alleged YPG shelling of Kuwait Al Rahma camp on July 24, 2022. (Image posted by Macro Media Center)
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Destruction left by the alleged YPG shelling of Kuwait Al Rahma camp on July 24, 2022. (Image posted by Macro Media Center)
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Destruction left by the alleged YPG shelling of Kuwait Al Rahma camp on July 24, 2022. (Image posted by Macro Media Center)
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Destruction left by the alleged YPG shelling of Kuwait Al Rahma camp on July 24, 2022. (Image posted by Macro Media Center)
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Destruction left by the alleged YPG shelling of Kuwait Al Rahma camp on July 24, 2022. (Image posted by Macro Media Center)
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Destruction left by the alleged YPG shelling of Kuwait Al Rahma camp on July 24, 2022. (Image posted by Macro Media Center)
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Destruction left by the alleged YPG shelling of Kuwait Al Rahma camp on July 24, 2022. (Image posted by Macro Media Center)
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