Turkey-Kurd Retaliation Cycle... "At Least 2 Dead in Rocket Attacks"

Karkamı? near the Turkey border area
[Image source=EPA Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Chun-hee] On the 21st (local time), several rockets suspected to have been fired by Kurdish armed forces fell in the Turkish border city of Karkamı?, causing numerous casualties, according to Bloomberg News citing local officials.

According to reports, the airstrike hit a high school and two houses in Karkamı?, as well as a truck passing near the border gate between Turkey and Syria. Gaziantep Province, where Karkamı? is located, reported at least 2 deaths and 6 injuries due to the rocket attack.

This airstrike occurred two days after Turkey conducted airstrikes in northern Syria and northern Iraq on the 19th. On the 13th, Turkey identified Kurdish armed forces as responsible for a bomb attack in a busy area of Istanbul and carried out retaliatory airstrikes on areas presumed to be their strongholds.

Turkish media suspect that the rocket attack on this day was also a counterattack by Kurdish armed forces in response to Turkey's aerial airstrikes.

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