ANKARA, April 28 – RIA Novosti, Alain Palazhchenko. At least 20 people were killed and dozens injured in a bomb attack on a tanker with fuel oil in the city Afrin in the Northwest of Syria, reports the Anadolu news Agency on Tuesday.
it is Reported that the attack occurred on a busy street in the city centre. The explosion damaged the house and burned several cars caught in the epicenter of the explosion. The wounded taken to a local hospital, the death toll could increase.
According to local authorities, to commit terrorist attack involving the outlawed Turkey Kurdistan workers ‘ party and its associated self-defense forces of Syrian Kurds, said the Agency.
the General staff of the Turkish armed forces on 20 January 2018, announced the start of “operation Olive branch” against the forces of the Syrian Kurds in the Afrin. At the same time with Turkey it operated by the “Free Syrian army” (FSA). President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on March 18, they announced the launch of Afrin under the control of the Turkish army and the FSA.
the Presence at the border Syria Turkish forces are conducting operation against Kurdish groups, Damascus has repeatedly called illegal and called on Ankara to withdraw its troops.
