Two civilians were killed and two others injured in southeastern Turkey Friday by a terrorist YPG/PKK mortar attack coming from across the border in northern Syria.
The incident took place when the terror group targeted a house in the border district of Suruç in the Şanlıurfa province, amid Turkey's newly launched anti-terror operation in northern Syria.
Three more mortars fell in an empty land in the district.
Previously, seven civilians -- including five children -- were martyred in border districts of Şanlıurfa and Mardin provinces by YPG/PKK mortar and rocket attacks coming from across the border.
A nine-month-old baby, Muhammed Omar, and Cihan Güneş, a revenue assistant specialist, were martyred in YPG/PKK attacks targeting Akçakale district of Şanlıurfa on Thursday.
Elif Terim and Mazlum Güneş, two children, who are both 11 years old, lost their lives at the hospital after being critically injured, in the Ceylanpınar district of Şanlıurfa.
In Nusaybin district of Mardin province, Fatma Yıldız (48) and her daughters -- Emine (12) and Leyla (15) -- were also martyred on Thursday, as a result of the YPG/PKK attack.
Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said 342 YPG "terrorists" had so far been killed in the operation.
"The operation is going as planned," he said. "We are being extremely careful to ensure no civilians are harmed."
Turkish media earlier reported that two journalists were injured by YPG fire in another border town of Nusaybin in Mardin province.
Turkey on Wednesday launched Operation Peace Spring east of the Euphrates River in northern Syria to secure its borders by eliminating terrorist elements and to ensure the safe return of Syrian refugees and Syria's territorial integrity.
Ankara wants to eliminate terrorist elements of the PKK and its Syrian offshoot, the PYD/YPG, from the region.
In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the European Union -- has been responsible for the deaths of 40,000 people, including women, children, and infants.
