The United States calls to maintain the ceasefire on the border between Syria and Turkey

Aug. 23 () –

The United States has called for the ceasefire to be maintained on the Syrian-Turkish border after the latest attacks claimed the lives of dozens of civilians and has urged the parties to reduce tension in the region.

“We deplore the civilian casualties in Al Bab, Hasaka and elsewhere. We remain committed to our efforts to ensure the lasting defeat of ISIS and a political resolution of the Syrian conflict,” said US State Department spokesman Ned Price. it’s a statement.

The UN also expressed concern on Sunday about the escalation of hostilities in Syria. “These terrible tragedies show once again that civilians, many of them women and children, continue to suffer the effects of ongoing hostilities in parts of Syria,” the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in a statement. (EIGHT).

One of the most recent attacks occurred on Thursday, August 18, in Hasaka province, when several Turkish drones attacked an education center for girls. Four women and girls were killed, while eleven people were injured.

Likewise, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported last Friday that at least 17 civilians, including six children, had died and another 35 were injured as a result of a bombing perpetrated on a market in the Aleppo region.

This NGO based in London but informants in the country, indicated that the forces of the Government of Bashar al Assad attacked populated areas of the city of Al Bab, controlled by the rebel forces allied with Turkey.

Damascus accuses Ankara of using “terrorist groups” to carry out its operations in northern Syria, where Turkey maintains an operation to contain the alleged threat from Kurdish groups.