Thousands of protesters gathered at the Tishrin Dam in Syria to demand an end to Turkish airstrikes. Turkish forces responded with airstrikes near the protest, killing and injuring civilians. The dam has become a flashpoint in the conflict between Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed armed groups.
A key dam in northern Syria has become a flash point in the conflict between Kurdish forces and Turkish -backed armed groups, which has intensified in the weeks since the fall of former Syria n President Bashar Assad in a lightning offensive. Over a thousand protesters from Kurdish areas in northeast Syria gathered Wednesday afternoon at the Tishrin Dam on the Euphrates River in Aleppo province, a critical source of both water and electricity that has been at the center of clashes.
Protesters called for an end to Turkish airstrikes, which they said are damaging vital infrastructure and endangering civilian lives. Turkish drones and warplanes remained in the air during the protest, and airstrikes targeted areas near the march route, according to participants and a war monitor. The health administration in Kobani said the strikes killed five civilians and injured 15 others. Turkey, for its part, accused the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces of using civilians as “human shields” by encouraging them to come to the area of the fighting. A coalition of Turkish-backed groups in Syria, known as the Syrian National Army, are carrying out attacks to take control of regions near the border with Turkey that are under control of Kurdish groups. Heavy fighting has been reported in areas near the Tishrin Dam, some 90 kilometers (60 miles) east of the city of Aleppo
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