The invading Turkish state forces once again shelled civilian settlements in northern Syria on Thursday.

According to reports from the ground, the village of Aqiba in the Sherawa district of Afrin was shelled by the occupation forces.

The attack left two children injured. Semer Idrîs (4) and Ciwan Idrîs (3) were taken to hospital in Til Rifet district.

Largely unnoticed by Western public opinion, Turkey is waging an open war of attrition against northern and eastern Syria, bombing civilian settlement areas or autonomous administration facilities on a daily basis. For months, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has also been threatening a new war of aggression against the region. Ankara justifies the warlike aggression with a "terrorist threat" to Turkey from the majority Kurdish north-east of Syria. With this, the Turkish regime wants to justify a further invasion. The aim is to expand the illegal occupation zone.