2022 Jarqli airstrikes

2022 Jarqli airstrike
Part of Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war
Location
TargetSyria Syrian Army
Date16 August 2022
Executed byTurkey Turkish Air Force
Casualties38–102 soldiers killed[1][2]
Unknown wounded

On 16 August 2022, the Turkish Air Force targeted a Syrian Army military base near the town of Kobanî, killing at least 38 Syrian government soldiers. The airstrikes were allegedly launched in response to the killing of a Turkish Army soldier in the town of Karkamış by the Syrian Democratic Forces earlier in the day.[3][1]

  1. ^ a b "بالفيديو مقتل العشرات من قوات النظام السوري بغارة تركية استهدفت موقعهم شرقي حلب" [In the video, dozens of Syrian regime forces were killed in a Turkish raid targeting their position east of Aleppo] (in Arabic). Step News Agency. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Turkish Warplanes Target Government Post In Syria's Kobani". North Press Agency. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Turkish warplanes airstrikes 17 soldiers killed in regime and SDF military positions in NE Syria". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.