NEW: Spoke to an official w/ the Kurdish Red Crescent, a humanitarian nonprofit org that operates in Syria, who confirmed 6 patients, including children & soldiers, arrived at a hospital in Hassakeh city with burns from an unknown substance after a Turkish airstrike in Ras al Ain
The patients said they saw “strange lights” during the airstrike, the official said.
Separately, the official said victims from Ras al Ain arrived at a hospital in Suleimanya, in Iraqi Kurdistan, showing burns and even more severe symptoms, such as difficulty breathing.
Separately, the official said victims from Ras al Ain arrived at a hospital in Suleimanya, in Iraqi Kurdistan, showing burns and even more severe symptoms, such as difficulty breathing.
A Kurdish Red Crescent convoy tried to enter Ras al Ain to collect additional evidence, such as clothing, to find out more about the substance, but was fired on by Turkish-backed forces and forced to retreat, the official said.
Updated story here: foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/17/tur…
Updated story here: foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/17/tur…
