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Late on February 9, the Turkish military shelled Aun al-Dadat crossing which links areas occupied by its forces in the northern countryside of Syria’s Aleppo with others held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
The northern Aleppo countryside was seriously affected by the February 6 earthquake. The situation in the Turkish-occupied town of Jindires in the Kurdish area of Afrin is especially bad. Hundreds were reportedly killed or injured in the town. Thousands others are in need of urgent help.
At the time of the Turkish shelling on Aun al-Dadat a large convoy of humanitarian aid and fuel dispatched by the SDF to Jandaris was stuck at the crossing. Still, no human or material losses were reported.
The convoy, which is made up of dozens of trucks and tankers, was sent just a day after the earthquake. However, it is yet to pass into the Turkish-occupied part of the northern Aleppo countryside.
The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the Turkish military and its proxies are blocking the aid convoy. Other pro-opposition news sources said that Abdurrahman Mustafa, head of the Istanbul-based Syrian National Coalition, is personally behind the decision not to allow the convoy in.
It’s worth noting that the Turkish military and Kurdish forces resumed attacks against each other in the northern Aleppo countryside just a day after the earthquake, which claimed the lives of some 4,000 in Syria and more than 18,000 others in Turkey.
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