Turkey Hits Kurds with Toxic Gas

02.17.2018, 13:37
Region, Near East, World

Turkish forces engaged in Operation Olive Branch against Kurdish militias in the northwest of Syria have used gas, RT reports. At least six civilians have been hospitalized.

"Six people have been admitted with symptoms of suffocation as a result of the use of projectiles with poisonous gas by the Turkish regime in the town of Aranda", the hospital's director, Joan Mohammed, said. According to him, medics are working to determine the type of gas used.

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