A Turkish drone that targeted the center of Tal Rifaat district, northern Aleppo, killed two civilians and injured nine others, including two children and two women. Some of the victims are in critical condition. 

Local sources said that a plane dropped a missile during a civilian gathering in the city's center, leading to deaths and injuries, most of whom are internally displaced people from Afrin. The targeting, furthermore, caused material damage to shops, homes and cars in the radius of the explosion. 

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2 civilians killed, 7 others injured including 2 children in a Turkish drone strike on #Tel_Rifaat town, north of #Syria's #Aleppo. pic.twitter.com/l7O2N0BSeW

— NORTH PRESS AGENCY - ENGLISH (@NPA_English) August 24, 2022

At least six people were #injured and two people were killed as a #Turkish drone bombed of Tel Riffat city center north of #Aleppo pic.twitter.com/atbuBYvn73

— Jamal Balî (@Jamal_Bali7) August 24, 2022

Last week, Al Mayadeen correspondent in Syria reported that a Turkish drone targeted a sponge factory in the village of Shamouka, west of the city of Al-Hasakah, citing information that casualties were recorded.

Our correspondent reported that the bombed site is less than 500 meters away from the Life Stone Resort base of the US-led "International Coalition" occupation forces, while press information said the bombing targeted the highway linking Al-Hasakah and the town of Tal Tamr.

This comes amid a wave of escalation between the Turkish occupation army and the so-called "Syrian Democratic Forces" (SDF) that has resulted in the deaths of civilians and members of the Syrian army.

A couple of days ago, three soldiers were killed and six others were injured in an attack on several locations in the Aleppo countryside by the Turkish occupation.

A military source told Al Mayadeen that the attack is part of the Turkish regime's continuous support for armed terrorist groups.

"The Syrian armed forces responded to that aggression and targeted its sites, destroyed some of them, and inflicted human and material losses on the aggressors," the source said.

It is noteworthy that the Turkish-backed "National Army" has repeatedly targeted villages and towns in the Tal Tamr and Abu Rasin districts, northwest of Al-Hasakah, with artillery and missile shelling.