Massive funeral for Turkish strike victims in Syria

(21 Nov 2022) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS   Derik - 21 November 2022 1. Various of people carrying coffins of victims killed in Turkish airstrike 2. Various of coffins being placed on stage 3. Camera and tripod put on coffin 4. SOUNDBITE (Kurdish) Qaddour Shukri, resident of Gerzero village in Derik countryside: "All those who were martyred were civilians. There wasn't any military force in the area. They were civilians and some of them were civil servants and none of them were part of military forces. But they were targeted and killed by those dishonourable people." 5. Various of mourners gathering around coffins 6. Various of family members mourning by coffins 7. People at funeral making victory sign, with posters of people who were killed in background 8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Talaat Younes, co-chair of the Executive Council of Autonomous Administration in Jazeera region: "The violations which have been committed by the Turkish occupation and the daily targeting are part of the genocidal war which was declared by the occupying Turkish regime against nations in northeast Syria in order to occupy these areas and destabilise security and stability, as well as to revitalise Daesh (Islamic State group), which Turkey always want to support and reorganise it." 9. Ambulances carrying coffins 10. People greeting ambulances 11. Family members accompanying coffin 12. People carrying coffins to graveyard 13. Wide of people gathering at graveyard 14. Various of brother and son of person who was killed at burial ceremony 15. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdul-Jabbar Khalto, brother of person who was killed in Turkey strike: "When the Turkish state claims that they have attacked YPG (Syrian People's Protection Units), SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces), or (Kurdish security forces, known as) Asayish, they are just lying. He was not a member of YPG or SDF, he was just a working guard. He was working in an electricity station in a village. They went to collect the bodies of victims but were targeted by Turkish planes." 16. Various of people burying coffins 17. People at burial ceremony STORYLINE: Thousands of people on Monday attended the funeral ceremony of 11 people killed by a Turkish airstrike in Syria. Family members, relatives, and a large number of people carried the coffins of those who died from a hospital to a funeral square, and finally to a cemetery. Syrian Democratic Forces spokesperson, Farhad Shami, said two villages heavily populated with displaced people were under Turkish bombardment. He said the strikes resulted in 11 civilian deaths and destroyed a hospital, a power plant and grain silos. The Turkish ministry of defence has claimed that a total of 89 targets were destroyed and a "large number" of what it designated "terrorists" were killed in strikes that ranged from Tall Rifat in northwest Syria to the Qandil mountains in Iraq's northeast. The airstrikes came after a bomb rocked a bustling avenue in the heart of Istanbul on November 13, killing six people and wounding over 80 others. Turkish authorities blamed the attack on the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, and its Syrian affiliate the Syrian People’s Protection Units, or YPG. The Kurdish militant groups have, however, denied involvement. =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: [email protected] Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...