Turkish airstrikes hit Syrian city of Kobane, say Kurdish forces

Kurdish-led forces in Syria on Saturday accused the Turkish army of launching several airstrikes against the city of Kobane, in northern Syria.

The attacks come just days after Turkey accused the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) of the attack that killed six people in central Istanbul on Sunday.

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“kobanethe city that defeated the Islamic State, is being bombed by the Turkish occupation air force”, warned Farhad Shami, spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), allies of the PKK in Syria, on Twitter.

Turkey considers the Popular Protection Units (YPG) – the main component of the SDF – an extension of the banned PKK.

Both the PKK and the YPG denied their involvement in the Istanbul attack.

Kobane, a Kurdish-majority Syrian city near the Turkish border, was captured by the Islamic State jihadist group in late 2014. Kurdish fighters ousted the group early the following year.

Source: Elcomercio

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