Four Year Old Kurdish Child Loses Leg After Turkey Attacks 15 Kobani Villages

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights noted that the city of Kobani and 15 nearby villages in the area were attacked, killing one and wounding 12 others, including women and children. Among the wounded was Abdou Mustafa Hanifi. a four-year-old Kurdish child who lost his leg. The Syrian Democratic Forces blamed the attack upon Turkey. The Turkish military confirmed that they attacked Kobani and Qarmag, claiming that they were going after the PKK.

In an exclusive interview, Syrian Kurdish dissident Mahmoud Abbas proclaimed: “There is no longer a difference between Erdogan’s government and Bashar Al Assad’s regime. Both to reach their goal will kill children, women and the elderly, and destroy safe havens by indiscriminate bombing. This is what prompted the Turkish government to bomb 15 safe villages in the Kobani area, which led to the cutting off of (the four-year-old child’s leg) and the killing of several women and elderly people from these villages.”

Human Rights Watch stated in a recent press release, “The war in Syria has killed at least 350,000 people, forced over 12 million to abandon their homes, and left more than 12.3 million Syrians hungry. While parties on all sides to the conflict have committed serious crimes, Syrian government and pro-government forces account for the majority of atrocities committed against civilians.”

According to the HRW statement, “There is the violence above ground: the bombing of hospitals, markets, and schools, as well as the deadly chemical weapons attacks against civilians, including children. But there is also the violence that is not readily visible: the hidden prisons and torture centers, into which tens of thousands of Syrians have disappeared – sometimes to re-emerge years later, sometimes never to be heard from again.”