Thousands in north Syria attend funerals of Turkish raids victims

Thousands attended Monday the funerals of 11 people killed in Turkish strikes in northeastern Syria targeting Kurdish militants, an AFP correspondent said.

“The martyrs are not dead,” the mourners chanted, and “Long live Rojava” – the name Kurds in Syria give to their region.

Turkey hit dozens of targets in northern Syria as well as northern Iraq overnight into Sunday, a week after a deadly attack in Istanbul which Ankara has blamed on the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

Kurdish groups and authorities have denied responsibility for the November 13 attack that killed six people.