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Five wounded as Syria rocket hits Turkey border town

July 23, 2019
Residents inspect the damage after rockets fired from Syria landed in the Turkish town of Kilis. –AFP photo
Residents inspect the damage after rockets fired from Syria landed in the Turkish town of Kilis. –AFP photo

ANKARA - Rocket fire from Syria injured five people in a Turkish border town, the Turkish defense ministry said on Tuesday.

One of two rockets fired hit a house and "lightly wounded" five in the town of Ceylanpinar in Sanliurfa province on Monday night, the provincial governor's office said in a statement.

They were taken to hospital for treatment, it added.

Turkish media, including CNN Turk, reported six injured including a child, adding that the owner of the house was "in a serious condition".

Turkish armed forces responded, "destroying seven targets" inside Syria, the defense ministry said in a statement.

It was not clear who was responsible for the missiles from Syria or their origin.

The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia controls parts of northeastern and northern Syria. Ankara considers it a "terrorist" offshoot of Kurdish insurgents inside Turkey. -AFP


July 23, 2019
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