64 Syrian Civilians Killed in US-Led Airstrikes in Northern Syria, Turkish Shooting in 2 Days

Rasa - The US-led coalition fighter jets have killed at least 32 civilians in airstrikes on Raqqa over the past two days While the Turkish military forces have also shot dead another 32.

News ID: 425600

Date: 07 December 2016 - 23:26

RNA - Over 15 civilians were killed and many more were injured in the US-led air raids in Jarnia district in Western Raqqa on Monday.

On Tuesday, the coalition warplanes pounded several houses in Kharba Hadleh village, killing over 10 civilians.

The US-led airstrikes on al-Abareh village in Northern Raqqa left four civilians dead and seven others wounded.

The coalition fighter jets also pounded the town of al-Tabaqa in Southern Raqqa which left three civilians dead.

Meantime, al-Fakhih village became the target of the US-led coalition.

Meantime, earlier reports said today that Turkish gendarmes had killed several Syrian civilians, including a woman, as they attempted to sneak into Turkey from Syria.

Six men and one woman were trying to cross the border into Turkey at three different regions, but they were shot dead by Turkish gendarmes.

The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) announced that 31 children and 15 women have been among the 163 civilians killed by the Turkish gendarmes as they attempted to cross into Turkey since the beginning of 2016.

Turkish authorities closed their border with Syria in March 2015. Initially, they said the move was just temporary. Since then, there have been frequent claims by Syrians trying to escape airstrikes and fighting about being targeted by Turkish border guards.

Turkish officials insist their border guards do not fire at refugees, but they say they have to make the border secure from infiltration by terrorists.

The first refugee killing this year came on January 12, said the monitoring group, when gendarmes killed a refugee as he attempted to cross border into Turkey from the province of Hasaka in the Northeastern corner of Syria. Refugees have reported being shot at all along the border, from Lattakia in the West and through the provinces of Raqqa, Aleppo and Idlib.

There have also been reports of refugees being beaten and robbed of money and cell phones by Turkish gendarmes.

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